M 4.6 in United States on 20 Nov 2014 06:26 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 1043517
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 9 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.707 , -121.626
Event Date: 20 Nov 2014 06:26 UTC
19 Nov 2014 22:26 Local
Exposed Population:
2852027 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Nov 2014 06:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
USGS 0 0
at00nfbr8o Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 662 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Japon: séisme de magnitude 6,8 à Nagano, au moins 20 blessésSat, 22 Nov 2014 21:13:00 +0100.

Un fort séisme de magnitude 6,8 s'est produit samedi soir au Japon, dans la préfecture de Nagano (centre-nord), secouant violemment un large périmètre et faisant plusieurs blessés, selon l'agence de météorologie nationale et des témoignages
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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits Nagano, JapanSat, 22 Nov 2014 21:13:00 +0100.

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits Nagano in Japan, injuring 13 and destroying five houses. Updated November 23, 2014 06:54:30. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck central Japan, temporarily trapping 21 people when their houses collapsed, acc
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Una veintena de heridos por el terremoto de Japón – Europa PressSat, 22 Nov 2014 21:12:00 +0100.

Europa Press Un terremoto de 6,8 grados en la escala de Richter ha sacudido la zona central de Japón este sábado y ha dejado más de 20 heridos. Según ha informado la Agencia Meteorológica de Japón, no hay alerta de ‘tsunami’. La televisión
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Quake flattens houses in central JapanSat, 22 Nov 2014 21:12:00 +0100.

THE quake struck at 10.08pm local time on Saturday at a depth of 10km at the epicentre, in the north of Nagano Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, according to the US Geological Survey. Television footage showed flattened wooden houses, a mudsl
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),