M 4.6 in United States on 13 Mar 2016 02:28 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 1082376
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.4578 , -174.0517
Event Date: 13 Mar 2016 02:28 UTC
12 Mar 2016 14:28 Local
Exposed Population:
About 188 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Mar 2016 02:51 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: 739 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

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China builds S.China Sea tsunami alert centerThu, 17 Mar 2016 01:23:00 +0100.

China is building a tsunami alert center in the South China Sea, a senior Chinese maritime official said Wednesday. The facility is being constructed in the South China Sea, Wang Hong, chief of the State Oceanic Administration, told reporte
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Sismo de 5,6 grados sacude tres regiones del norte y centro de ChileThu, 17 Mar 2016 01:13:00 +0100.

El Centro Sismológico Nacional, de la Universidad de Chile, informó de que el movimiento telúrico ocurrió a las 00.49 hora local (03.49 GMT) y su epicentro se localizó en el mar, a 43 kilómetros al oeste de la localidad de Canela Baja y a 2
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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),