M 4.83 in United States on 22 May 2015 18:47 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 1055561
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 4.0328 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.2925 , -114.6546
Event Date: 22 May 2015 18:47 UTC
22 May 2015 11:47 Local
Exposed Population:
111609 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 May 2015 22:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
U NEV 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: 694 | About casualties: 56 | Last hour: 0

Flash flooding in Houston submerges major roadways - videoTue, 26 May 2015 17:45:00 +0200.

Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video. Please install ™ and try again. Alternatively to a modern browser. upgrade Freeways in Houston were under up to 8in of water on Tuesday morning after a night of unrelenting rain. Authorities
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[VIDEO] Así se expandió el gigantesco tsunami ocurrido en Chile hace 5 ... Tue, 26 May 2015 17:43:00 +0200.

En el aniversario número 55 del devastador terremoto 9,5 Richter ocurrido en Valdivia, el Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis del Pacífico US NWS ( US NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center) , publicó un video que muestra en una animación la expansión
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Japón busca levantar las órdenes de evacuación en Fukushima para final ... Tue, 26 May 2015 17:26:00 +0200.

Por Takaya Yamaguchi TOKIO, 26 mayo (Reuters) - La coalición gobernante de Japón recomendará levantar en un plazo de dos años las órdenes de evacuación para la mayoría de las personas que abandonaron sus hogares tras el desastre nuclear de
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Deadly flooding is worst ever seen in Texas area, says governor [Video ... Tue, 26 May 2015 17:09:00 +0200.

SAN ANTONIO - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday likened the ferocity of flash flooding that killed at least three people to a tsunami, and authorities said a dam had given way in a state park. Abbott declared states of disaster in 24 countie
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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),