M 4.8 in United States on 14 Feb 2016 07:33 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 1080605
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 60.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 56.6021 , -156.4106
Event Date: 14 Feb 2016 07:33 UTC
13 Feb 2016 21:33 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Feb 2016 07:51 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: 592 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

The Asahi Shimbun AJW (ENGLISH)Thu, 18 Feb 2016 05:56:00 +0100.

Asahi Shimbun readers feel that foreigners should shoulder the most responsibility for creating a harmonious multicultural society in Japan, the results of a second online... KYOTO--Conductor Seiji Ozawa showered praise on his orchestra, s
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5 DPJThu, 18 Feb 2016 05:35:00 +0100.

El gobernador Alfredo Cornejo convocó a un docente universitario especialista en derecho societario para reorganizar la Dirección de Persona Jurídica (DPJ). Se llama Raúl Javier Romero y no tiene pertenencia política. Miles de legajos amont
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Magma mayhem: S. Korean experts fear N. Korean nuclear tests could tri ... Thu, 18 Feb 2016 05:25:00 +0100.

Experts from Yonsei University in the South Korean capital Seoul have written a paper stating the pressure of the force caused by a nuclear bomb being detonated underground, could result in large dynamic stress changes. This in turn could a
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Moderate Earthquake Hits Taiwan ThursdayThu, 18 Feb 2016 04:51:00 +0100.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, struck Yungkang, Taiwan, early Thursday. According to the Meteorological Service Department, the quake in Yungkang, 1,835km northeast of Kudat, Sab
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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),