M 6.1 in United States on 26 Jan 2020 06:31 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 1203530
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 27.06 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.3457 , -179.9173
Event Date: 26 Jan 2020 06:31 UTC
25 Jan 2020 18:31 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jan 2020 06:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60007g8m Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 446 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Trump Sends Condolences To Erdogan Over Quake In TurkeyThu, 30 Jan 2020 06:26:00 +0100.

U.S. President Donald Trump has offered condolences to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a phone call over Friday's deadly earthquake in eastern Turkey, according to the Turkey's Communications Directorate on Tuesday. The 6.8-magnitude quak
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Cabinet shaken by quake tremorsThu, 30 Jan 2020 05:09:00 +0100.

By RASHAD ROLLE. Tribune Staff Reporter. rrolle@tribunemedia.net. TREMORS from a powerful regional earthquake disrupted a Cabinet meeting and forced dozens along New Providence’s northern coast to evacuate their multi-storey office building
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Quake shows legacy of instability at N Korea nuclear siteThu, 30 Jan 2020 04:53:00 +0100.

SEOUL: A small natural earthquake detected in North Korea on Wednesday was likely a result of seismic instability lingering in the area since North Korea conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test in 2017, the South Korean government said
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USGS publica nuevo pronóstico de réplicas del terremoto de magnitud 6. ... Thu, 30 Jan 2020 04:26:00 +0100.

En un nuevo informe publicado hoy, el Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés) estimó que las réplicas del terremoto de magnitud 6.4 del pasado 7 de enero persistirán durante años, aunque con una frecuencia
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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 (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),