M 4.53 in Southern California on 06 Jan 2016 14:42 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 1077966
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 16.69 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.9583333 , -116.8876667
Event Date: 06 Jan 2016 14:42 UTC
06 Jan 2016 06:42 Local
Exposed Population:
7534411 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Jan 2016 15:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
CALTECH 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: 185 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

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Iconic girl’s new love in lifeSun, 10 Jan 2016 14:24:00 +0100.

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Das Geld für die Pflege reicht nichtSun, 10 Jan 2016 10:34:00 +0100.

Anders als das durch ein Erdbeben, durch einen Tsunami und Sicherheitsmängel verursachte Reaktor-Unglück in Fukushima im März 2011, das innerhalb von Tagen zu einer völligen Änderung der Energiepolitik führte, vollziehen sich andere Herausf
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Ancora record di fallimenti in TrentinoSun, 10 Jan 2016 07:57:00 +0100.

TRENTO. E’ cambiato il mondo. Come se un tifone avesse colpito l’economia trentina lasciando in piedi solo le aziende solide e facendo crollare quelle più deboli e gracili. Lo dimostrano i dati sui fallimenti in provincia. Nel corso del 201
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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),