M 6.1 in Alaska Peninsula on 28 Jul 2020 08:03 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 1227915
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 41.26 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.8674 , -161.1436
Event Date: 28 Jul 2020 08:03 UTC
27 Jul 2020 21:03 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 2000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2020 08:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b56k 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 245 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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On Thursday morning at about 4:30 a.m. local time, the Southern California area experienced a magnitude 4.2 earthquake, according to . The United States Geological Survey initially reported a 4.5, later downgrading the measurement. A numbe
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Etats-Unis : un séisme de magnitude 5,5 ressenti au sud de l'Alaska (U ... Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:27:00 +0200.

Un tremblement de terre de magnitude 5,5 a été ressenti mercredi à 9h12 GMT à 38km au sud-sud-est de Sand Point, un village sur l'île Popof en Alaska, a annoncé l'Institut américain de géologie (USGS). L'épicentre du séisme, lequel est surv
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Sismo sacudió la costa de Alaska este martesTue, 28 Jul 2020 18:22:00 +0200.

Este martes se registró un sismo que sacudió la costa de Alaska. El movimiento telúrico tuvo una magnitud de 6.1. La información la dio a conocer el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El movimiento telúri
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Tsunami warning as 7.8 quake hits off Alaska: USGSTue, 28 Jul 2020 16:54:00 +0200.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaskan peninsula, triggering a tsunami warning for areas within 200 miles (300 kilometers) of the epicenter. The shallow quake hit at 0612 GMT Wednesday about 500 miles southwest of Anchorage, and
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),