M 4.6 in United States on 15 Apr 2016 08:54 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 1084423
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 11.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 63.2358 , -151.5896
Event Date: 15 Apr 2016 08:54 UTC
15 Apr 2016 00:54 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2016 09:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
ALASKA EC 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: 506 | About casualties: 76 | Last hour: 0

16 hechos impactantes acerca de los terremotosTue, 19 Apr 2016 08:49:00 +0200.

Los terremotos como los vividos por Ecuador y Japón son fenómenos naturales con los que la humanidad ha convivido durante toda su existencia. Sin embargo, algunas estadísticas que recopilamos para nuestros lectores indican la gravedad o mag
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Natural disasters since 1900 have claimed 8 million lives, cost $7 tri ... Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:39:00 +0200.

VIENNA – Natural disasters have caused more than $7 trillion in economic damage worldwide since 1900, with floods and storms accounting for nearly 60 percent of the total, researchers said Monday. The death toll from such natural calamities
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US Military Providing Aid To Japan In Earthquake AftermathTue, 19 Apr 2016 08:37:00 +0200.

Japan Self-Defense Forces service members load earthquake relief items onto an MV-22B Osprey belonging to Marine Medium Tilt rotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit at Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, April 18, 2016. Ame
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El Guayaquil solidario se volcó a dar su aporte a damnificadosTue, 19 Apr 2016 08:23:00 +0200.

Bryan Sisalema, de 20 años, recibió en Estados Unidos la noticia de que un terremoto causó devastación en Ecuador, su patria natal. El guayaquileño tenía previsto regresar el 8 de mayo para seguir con sus estudios universitarios, pero buscó
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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),