M 4.6 in Iceland on 22 Sep 2014 13:36 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 1040248
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 8.97 Km
Lat/Lon: 64.58 , -17.9
Event Date: 22 Sep 2014 13:36 UTC
22 Sep 2014 13:36 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1434 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Sep 2014 15:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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: 308 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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. REUTERS. 25 Setembro 2014 | 16h 23 Um terremoto de magnitude 6,2 atingiu o Estado norte-americano do Alasca nesta quinta-feira, perto de Anchorage, afirmou o Serviço Geológico dos Estados Unidos. O epicentro do forte tremor foi a 130 quil
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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),