M 4.8 in Iceland on 28 Nov 2014 06:14 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 1043952
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 8.95 Km
Lat/Lon: 64.66 , -17.37
Event Date: 28 Nov 2014 06:14 UTC
28 Nov 2014 06:14 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1725 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Nov 2014 07:15 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 179 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

SA has capacity and experience to contain EbolaTue, 02 Dec 2014 05:37:00 +0100.

SA HAS the capacity to contain Ebola should a case be imported into the country, says Peter Piot, one of the scientists who discovered the deadly virus almost 40 years ago. Prof Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Me
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SA has capacity and experience to contain EbolaTue, 02 Dec 2014 05:36:00 +0100.

SA HAS the capacity to contain Ebola should a case be imported into the country, says Peter Piot, one of the scientists who discovered the deadly virus almost 40 years ago. Prof Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Me
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Mild Earthquake Strikes Near Palau’s Angaur IslandTue, 02 Dec 2014 05:02:00 +0100.

No damage or injuries reported from 4.9 magnitude quake. By Jose Rodriguez T. Senase. KOROR, Palau (Island Times, Dec. 1, 2014) – A mild earthquake struck near one of the island states of Palau over the weekend. Information from the US Geol
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Nükleerde ‘çevre’ onayı Putin’e yetiştiTue, 02 Dec 2014 00:10:00 +0100.

Nükleerde ‘çevre’ onayı Putin’e yetişti Rusların yapacağı Akkuyu Nükleer Santrali’nin Çevresel Etki Değerlendirmesi (ÇED) raporu, Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin’in Türkiye ziyareti öncesi onaylandı. Santrale v
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),