M 4.6 in Guam on 20 May 2016 19:33 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 1086638
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 88.19 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.7375 , 143.3344
Event Date: 20 May 2016 19:33 UTC
21 May 2016 05:33 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 May 2016 21:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 262 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Council wants Aucklanders to come up with tsunami evacutations plansTue, 24 May 2016 19:21:00 +0200.

A push to make Aucklanders more aware of Tsunami evacuation routes is underway. The Orewa Community is being encouraged to partake in a walk to identify their nearest tsunami evacuation routes. Head of Emergency Management and Operations at
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Child sex sting nets two Tennessee pastorsTue, 24 May 2016 18:20:00 +0200.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the names of 32 men and women who were arrested in an undercover sting targeting a human trafficking and prostitution operation that preyed upon the residents of Knoxville. Among those arre
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Two Tennessee pastors nabbed in child sex stingTue, 24 May 2016 17:51:00 +0200.

Among those arrested in "Operation Someone Like Me": A volunteer firefighter, an engineer - and two church pastors who responded to online ads for what they thought were for girls under the age of 18, according to the TBI. One of the pastor
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Ecuador earthquake, one month later: your support in actionTue, 24 May 2016 16:34:00 +0200.

On April 18, 2016 a major earthquake struck Ecuador. The Ecuadorian government reported that at least 660 people were killed and more than 4,605 were injured in the quake. At least 22,500 people have left homeless. One month later, another
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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),