M 4.6 in Costa Rica on 21 Jun 2015 07:27 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 1058186
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 18.06 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.0463 , -83.1268
Event Date: 21 Jun 2015 07:27 UTC
21 Jun 2015 01:27 Local
Exposed Population:
1164737 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jun 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 271 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Alaska shakes with force of a 5.8-magnitude earthquake after record sp ... Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:36:00 +0200.

The tremor, 75 miles north of Anchorage, shook buildings for 20 seconds; It comes after a wave of wildfires, more than 200, across Alaska in May; One resident said, 'thought a moose was head-butting my camper' Alaska was shaken by a a 5.8
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Un terremoto de 5,1 grados sacude el oeste de PanamáThu, 25 Jun 2015 06:14:00 +0200.

Washington, 24 jun.- Un terremoto de 5,1 grados en la escala abierta de Richter se registró hoy en el oeste de Panamá, informó el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS). El epicentro del seísmo, ocurrido a última hora del miércoles, se situó a
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Terremoto de magnitude 6,2 atinge Filipinas sem causar maiores danosThu, 25 Jun 2015 06:05:00 +0200.

MANILA - Um poderoso terremoto de magnitude 6,2 atingiu neste sábado a ilha Mindanao, no sul das Filipinas, provocando cenas de pânico, embora não tenham sido reportados danos ou vítimas até o momento. O tremor ocorreu às 12h37 locais (02h3
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Strong earthquake hits Japan islands south of Tokyo; no tsunami dangerThu, 25 Jun 2015 05:56:00 +0200.

A strong earthquake struck off an island chain south of Tokyo on Tuesday, but officials said there was no danger of a tsunami. Japan's Meteorological Agency said the earthquake measured a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 and was very deep, abou
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),