M 6.3 in Russian Federation on 09 Jan 2020 08:38 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1201234
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 62.3408 , 171.0597
Event Date: 09 Jan 2020 08:38 UTC
09 Jan 2020 20:38 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
About 100 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Jan 2020 10:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006wuf Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 25 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

À la Une: 10 ans pour rien en HaïtiFri, 10 Jan 2020 17:42:00 +0100.

Une collision évitée après l'approche «agressive» d'un navire de guerre russe en mer d'Arabie (Pentagone) Au moins 126 féminicides en France en 2019, selon un décompte AFP; Crash en Iran: les Américains pensent que l'avion a «probablement»
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3 missing after vessel collision in Black Sea near IstanbulFri, 10 Jan 2020 09:17:00 +0100.

Istanbul governor's office said in a statement three Turkish citizens are missing while three were rescued by fisherman after the collision . Authorities were searching for the missing with divers and boats. The Russian ship Glard 2 was en
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Magnitude 4.0 earthquake registered near Russia's Kamchatka peninsula ... Fri, 10 Jan 2020 05:01:00 +0100.

Moscow, Jan 9 (UNI) A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East on Thursday, the regional branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) said. “The epicent
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Officials: Turkish and Russian presidents call for a cease-fire in Lib ... Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:45:00 +0100.

Punta Ventana, a famous tourist landmark and one of Puerto Rico's most cherished natural wonders, collapsed after an earthquake shook the island. The total number of birds, reptiles and mammals affected and possibly killed by wildfires acr
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),