M 4.8 in Canada on 08 Jan 2015 02:02 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 1046340
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 24.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 49.1709 , -125.6474
Event Date: 08 Jan 2015 02:02 UTC
07 Jan 2015 18:02 Local
Exposed Population:
165660 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Jan 2015 02:20 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: 217 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Japan considers disposible satellite for use in emergencyMon, 12 Jan 2015 01:48:00 +0100.

Natural disaster: An earthquake, followed by a tsunami, caused widespread devastation in Japan in March 2011. The development of a satellite to be used after a similar event is being considered by the Japanese government. Tokyo : The Japan
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Excitement building up 8 hours agoMon, 12 Jan 2015 01:18:00 +0100.

Millions of devotees expected to turn out for Pope. By Karl Malakunas. Pope Francis will immerse himself in some of Asia’s most fervent Catholicism during a trip to the Philippines and Sri Lanka starting Tuesday, with millions of devotees s
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LPA over Pacific keeps Palace on tenterhooksMon, 12 Jan 2015 01:18:00 +0100.

The Philippines was watching nervously on Sunday as a tropical storm threatened a typhoon-prone central island that Pope Francis will visit this week on his tour of the fervently Catholic nation. The country’s weather bureau said a low-pres
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National › Search conducted for missing tsunami victims in MiyagiSun, 11 Jan 2015 23:56:00 +0100.

TOKYO. Police and volunteers on Sunday conducted another search for missing tsunami victims along the shoreline of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture—three years and 10 months after the arch 11, 2011 disaster. Such searches are common on the 11th
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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),