M 5 in Iceland on 25 Oct 2014 01:48 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 1042033
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 8.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 64.67 , -17.4
Event Date: 25 Oct 2014 01:48 UTC
25 Oct 2014 01:48 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1559 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Oct 2014 02:15 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 101 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Six weeks on and Icelandic eruption continuesSun, 19 Oct 2014 13:03:00 +0200.

After a record-breaking six weeks, Iceland’s Holuhraun volcano continues to spew lava, with the eruption now set to produce the biggest lava flow the North Atlantic island has witnessed in more than 200 years. The volcano has now spewed out
...(more)
Under the volcanoTue, 14 Oct 2014 11:47:00 +0200.

Fifty-two years ago, on 12 October 1962, the ‘Columbus Day Storm’ smashed into the Pacific Northwest region of North America, causing at least $2 billion in damage in today’s money and interrupting electricity supplies to many areas for wee
...(more)
Le Japon aurait-il pu prévoir l'éruption du mont Ontake ?Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:37:00 +0200.

VOLCANS - L'éruption du mont Ontake a déjà fait 36 morts. Elle pose la question des dangers que représentent les 40 volcans les plus actifs.
Volcanes serían obstáculo para reinicio de actividad nuclear en JapónTue, 30 Sep 2014 21:28:00 +0200.

La erupción volcánica del fin de semana en el Monte Ontake podría fortalecer la campaña de activistas para que los 48 reactores de Japón se mantengan cerrados, pese a que la NRA ha dicho que dos reactores en el sur de Japón cumplen con las
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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),