M 5.7 in Samoa on 15 May 2020 14:49 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 1218117
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 12.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.576 , -173.0466
Event Date: 15 May 2020 14:49 UTC
15 May 2020 02:49 Local
Exposed Population: About 800 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 May 2020 15:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Samoa)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70009gsj Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

American Samoa: Amata welcomes $1.2 Million FEMA tsunami grant for ASP ... Thu, 07 May 2020 05:18:00 +0200.

Washington, D.C. Tuesday, May 4, 2020 Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a grant for American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) of over $1.2 million through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). T
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Amata welcomes $1.2 Million FEMA tsunami grant for ASPAWed, 06 May 2020 19:08:00 +0200.

Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, May 4, 2020 — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a grant for American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) of over $1.2 million through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA
...(more)
Pleasant weather forecast for American Samoa this weekWed, 06 May 2020 19:08:00 +0200.

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Even though we will have slightly above average temperatures this week, easterly trade winds will increase up to 20 mph at times from Wednesday through Friday night. Latest satellite visible imagery loop continue
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samoa Earthquake strikes Samoa, no tsunami warning By Soli Wilson, 06/ ... Wed, 06 May 2020 05:03:00 +0200.

The 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Samoa on Wednesday afternoon did not warrant a tsunami threat, the Samoa Meteorology Service confirmed. The strong tremor hit at about 12:20 pm local time, lasting almost a minute. There had been no
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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),