M 4.5 in Korea, Republic of on 21 Dec 2015 19:31 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 1076616
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.0631 , 126.9793
Event Date: 21 Dec 2015 19:31 UTC
22 Dec 2015 04:31 Local
Exposed Population:
7213747 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Dec 2015 00:09 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: 209 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Terremoto sulle Alpi francesi nella vigilia di Natale, in un’area a ri ... Fri, 25 Dec 2015 16:26:00 +0100.

(Di venerdì 25 dicembre 2015) Ieri sera una scossa di Terremoto si è verificata sulle Alpi francesi , a 12 km a nord-est dal paese di Chorges e a 115 km a sud-ovest rispetto a Torino, con ipocentro a soli 2 km di profondità Ieri sera, mentr
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Merii Kurisumasu oder Jesus kam nicht bis TokioFri, 25 Dec 2015 15:53:00 +0100.

Wenn die Deutschen ihr Wehklagen anstimmen über volle Kirchen, welche ihre Leere übers Jahr verhöhnten, und über den Ablasshandel des Überkonsums, treiben meine Gedanken zurück zu meinen sieben Japanjahren. Nie fühlte ich mich einiger mit m
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Phang Nga province holds seminar on readiness for Tsunami disastersFri, 25 Dec 2015 14:24:00 +0100.

PHANG NGA, 25 December 2015(NNT)- The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office in Phang Nga province held a seminar entitled “Pang Nga, the Safety City” at Baan Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park in Takua Pa district. Phang Nga provincial gove
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),