M 4.79 in Canada on 30 Dec 2015 07:39 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 1077423
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 52.521 Km
Lat/Lon: 48.5865 , -123.3003333
Event Date: 30 Dec 2015 07:39 UTC
29 Dec 2015 23:39 Local
Exposed Population:
3510575 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Dec 2015 17:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
U WASH 0.1 0.1
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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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),