M 5.6 in United States on 05 Dec 2024 11:48 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 1456080
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 42.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.0168 , -170.7911
Event Date: 05 Dec 2024 11:48 UTC
05 Dec 2024 00:48 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at: 05 Dec 2024 12:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000nw3f Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Moderate magnitude 4.1 quake hits 27 km southeast of Puerto Plata, Dom.. 12/9/2024 9:45:00 AM.

Just 23 minutes ago, a 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The tremor was recorded early morning on Monday, December 9th, 2024, at 5:12 am local time, at a shallow depth of 27.9 km below the surface. The e
...(more)
Shallow 5.6 quake hits El Salvador, no casualties reported 12/9/2024 8:41:00 AM.

San Salvador, Dec 9 (AFP) Dec 09, 2024 A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck El Salvador on Sunday night, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, although local authorities reported no immediate casualties or damage. The tremor was reg
...(more)
Evacuation as Philippine volcano erupts; Shallow 5.6 quake hits El Sal.. 12/9/2024 8:41:00 AM.

A volcano erupted in the central Philippines on Monday, sending a huge ash column into the sky as the government called for the evacuation of surrounding villages. Rising more than 2,400 metres (8,000 feet) above sea level on the central is
...(more)
9 dic 2024, 7:25 Redazione 3bmeteo Terremoto Stati Uniti d''America, s.. 12/9/2024 6:38:00 AM.

Scossa di terremoto. Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo stimata attorno a 5.0, si è verificata alle ore 01:00 (ore 06:56 in Italia) con epicentro nei pressi di Adak Island, Stati Uniti d''America. La profondità stimata è stata di circa 27
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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), CALTECH (1),