M 4.8 in United States on 12 Nov 2014 21:40 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 1043025
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 2.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.27 , -97.62
Event Date: 12 Nov 2014 21:40 UTC
12 Nov 2014 15:40 Local
Exposed Population:
802896 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2014 17:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 489 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Cutremur de 7,3 în estul Indoneziei. S-a emis și o ALERTĂ de tsunamiSat, 15 Nov 2014 07:50:00 +0100.

Am emis rapid o alertă de tsunami”, a declarat pentru AFP un oficial al Agenţiei meteorologice indoneziene. Valuri tsunami ar putea atinge zone ale Indoneziei, dar şi ale Filipinelor, Japoniei, Taiwanului şi ale altor insule din Pacificul d
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Indonesia, potente sisma di magnitudo 7,1 alle MoluccheSat, 15 Nov 2014 07:49:00 +0100.

Roma, 15 nov. (askanews) - Un potente sisma di magnitudo 7,1 ha colpito le isole Molucche, in Indonesia orientale, oggi. I moti tellurici hanno provocato il panico tra la popolazione, che ha temuto per uno tsunami. Piccole onde sono state r
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Zware aardbeving treft oostelijk Indonesië, tsunami-alarm tijdlang van ... Sat, 15 Nov 2014 07:48:00 +0100.

Indonesië heeft zaterdag een tijdlang een tsunami-alarm afgekondigd na een zware onderzeese aardbeving, die een magnitude van 7,3 had. Grote schade bleef evenwel uit en zaterdagochtend werd het alarm opnieuw opgeheven. De aardbeving vond p
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Indonésie: séisme de magnitude 7,3 dans l'est, alerte au tsunamiSat, 15 Nov 2014 07:46:00 +0100.

Un séisme de magnitude 7,3 a secoué samedi les îles Moluques, dans l'est de l'Indonésie, a annoncé l'Institut américain de géophysique USGS alors que les autorités locales émettaient des alertes au tsunami et qu'aucune victime ou dégât maté
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),