M 4.8 in Eastern Caucasus on 04 Oct 2014 04:59 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 1040821
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 51.02 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.12 , 47.96
Event Date: 04 Oct 2014 04:59 UTC
04 Oct 2014 09:59 Local
Exposed Population:
1812396 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Oct 2014 05:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 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: 184 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Defensa Civil exhorta a trujillanos participar de simulacro nocturnoWed, 08 Oct 2014 01:22:00 +0200.

Recomiendan poner seriedad en el ejercicio preventivo programado para el jueves a las 8 de la noche.
"Tsunami digital" y la creación de una comunidad para el turismoTue, 07 Oct 2014 23:57:00 +0200.

El periodista Eduardo Arriagada conversó con Soledad Onetto en GPS de Cooperativa, sobre "Tsunami Digital", un taller que invita a los empresarios del turismo a crear una comunidad para mostrar su trabajo en las redes sociales.
El jueves se realizará simulacro nocturno de sismo a nivel nacionalTue, 07 Oct 2014 23:17:00 +0200.

El indeci recordó que el simulacro se iniciará a las 8:00 p.m. de este jueves 9 de octubre.
Chile: sismo de 5 grados en la escalar Richter sacude regiones del nor ... Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:14:00 +0200.

Se trata del segundo temblor que afecta este martes a esa parte del territorio chileno, según informó el Centro Sismológico de la Universidad de Chile.

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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),