M 4.9 in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 21 Jan 2019 08:18 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 1168511
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.9902 , -41.4464
Event Date: 21 Jan 2019 08:18 UTC
21 Jan 2019 05:18 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2019 09:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000j6sk Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 185 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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Earthquake in northern Israel, residents report, 'felt like a bomb'Fri, 25 Jan 2019 07:03:00 +0100.

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Quake jolts JhangFri, 25 Jan 2019 00:16:00 +0100.

READ MORE: Maria Sharapova heats social media up with post from chilly Russia JHANG : A magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit Jhang district and other adjoining areas on Thursday, forcing people to rush out of their homes and workplaces.The epicentr
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3.6 magnitude earthquake in northern IsraelThu, 24 Jan 2019 22:43:00 +0100.

A 3.6 magnitude earthquake was felt in many communities in northern Israel around 10:00 p.m. Thursday evening, the Geophysical Institute of Israel confirmed. According to the institute, the epicenter of the earthquake was near the city of N
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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),