M 5.9 in Guam on 23 Jun 2020 17:50 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 1223596
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 66.69 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.0038 , 145.5803
Event Date: 23 Jun 2020 17:50 UTC
24 Jun 2020 03:50 Local
Exposed Population: About 72000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jun 2020 17:55 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ahcr Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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No threat of tsunami after 5.9 earthquake off GuamWed, 24 Jun 2020 04:45:00 +0200.

HAGATNA, Guam A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off Guam early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage following the earthquake that struck 55.9 miles (90 kilometers) northeast of Yi
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5.9 quake shakes GuamTue, 23 Jun 2020 22:09:00 +0200.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook Guam at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday morning. There were no reports of any damage or injury, according to the Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense. The quake struck about 56 miles northeast of Yigo at
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4.8 magnitude earthquake recordedSat, 20 Jun 2020 01:08:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 that struck 212 kilometers west-southwest of Merizo with a depth of 90.2 kilometers at 7:48 a.m. (ChST). According to the Offices of Guam Homeland Securit
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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), USGS (5), INFORM (2),