M 4.6 in Iceland on 24 Jan 2015 07:25 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 1047408
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 8.54 Km
Lat/Lon: 64.5169 , -17.7873
Event Date: 24 Jan 2015 07:25 UTC
24 Jan 2015 07:25 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1526 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jan 2015 07:47 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: 126 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

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Thousands of people saved thanks to better early warning systemsThu, 22 Jan 2015 22:12:00 +0100.

Thousands of lives have been saved thanks to greater understanding of the dangers posed by natural disasters, according to the United Nations. It has been a decade since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action, a ten-year plan to mak
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Drawing disaster response lessons by comparing quake responsesThu, 22 Jan 2015 21:43:00 +0100.

Following the devastating 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake which hit the Tohoku region of Japan, many local and provincial governments rushed to aid the people in the area with personnel and materials, providing important relief in a time o
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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),