M 4.6 in Guam on 29 Jan 2016 15:19 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 1079604
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 61.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.6781 , 143.9302
Event Date: 29 Jan 2016 15:19 UTC
30 Jan 2016 01:19 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Jan 2016 19:24 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 136 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

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B.C.’s earthquake preparedness progressing slowly but surely: expertTue, 02 Feb 2016 11:08:00 +0100.

VANCOUVER – Perceived public apathy towards the threat of a major earthquake off Canada’s west coast hasn’t stopped governments across southwestern British Columbia from quietly earmarking millions of dollars for seismic upgrades and constr
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B.C.'s earthquake preparedness progressing slowly but surely: expertTue, 02 Feb 2016 10:15:00 +0100.

VANCOUVER - Perceived public apathy towards the threat of a major earthquake off Canada's west coast hasn't stopped governments across southwestern British Columbia from quietly earmarking millions of dollars for seismic upgrades and constr
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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),