M 5.8 in United States on 11 Jan 2022 12:53 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 1305486
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 41.88 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.6095 , -168.0814
Event Date: 11 Jan 2022 12:53 UTC
11 Jan 2022 01:53 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 11 Jan 2022 13:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gawq 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. 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

Articles: 587 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Vanuatu: Officials issue tsunami advisory following volcanic eruption ... 2022-01-15T12:49+0100.

Event. The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department issued a nationwide tsunami advisory late Jan. 15, in response to a volcanic eruption at Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'pai in Tonga. Officials have advised people to move away from coastal ar
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Tsunami advisory for parts of NZ's North Island, waves crash into Tong ... 2022-01-15T12:49+0100.

Parts of New Zealand are under tsunami advisory after a violent eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai underwater volcano in Tonga this afternoon. There advisory is in place for the north and east coast of the North Island and the Chatha
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Tsunami warning issued for parts of Australia2022-01-15T12:49+0100.

An underwater volcano off Tonga has erupted, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of Australia’s east coast, including Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. The Bureau of Meteorology has also issued a warning for Macquarie I
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Tongans flee tsunami following huge volcanic eruption2022-01-15T12:48+0100.

A satellite image shows the explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano. Frightened Tongans fled to higher ground today after a massive volcanic eruption - heard in neighbouring countries - triggered tsunami warnings across
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),