M 4.7 in Iceland on 28 Sep 2014 12:34 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 1040554
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 64.53 , -17.95
Event Date: 28 Sep 2014 12:34 UTC
28 Sep 2014 12:34 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1443 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Sep 2014 13:45 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 219 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Samoa's architects look to the past to boost climate resilienceThu, 02 Oct 2014 11:00:00 +0200.

APIA, Samoa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) In many Pacific Island countries, Western-style home construction has been gradually usurping traditional architecture. But returning to indigenous practices of building and planning communities coul
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World: Se realiza III Reunión Intergubernamental Regional en Nicaragua ... Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:46:00 +0200.

Source: Government of Nicaragua Country: Nicaragua, World Miércoles 01 de octubre de 2014/ Divulgación y Prensa/CD SINAPRED Este lunes y martes, Nicaragua es la sede la III reunión del Grupo de Trabajo Intergubernamental de Centroamérica pa
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World: New information products to improve response to tsunamis in the ... Thu, 02 Oct 2014 08:41:00 +0200.

Source: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Country: World The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) will retire its current warning and watch services and replace them with enhanced tsunami information products on 1 Octobe
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Misleading ‘qanun’Thu, 02 Oct 2014 07:57:00 +0200.

The National Commission on Violence against Women is pushing for the annulment of the new Criminal Code bylaw passed last week in Aceh, as the commission says it does not provide protection for victims, mainly victims of rape including mino
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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),