M 4.5 in United States on 27 May 2016 22:00 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 1087090
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 18.47 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.3955 , -125.3781667
Event Date: 27 May 2016 22:00 UTC
27 May 2016 14:00 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2481 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 May 2016 02:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NCAL SS 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: 693 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

On eve of hurricane season, Obama pushes FEMA app, asks residents to ' ... Tue, 31 May 2016 21:33:00 +0200.

One of the points Obama emphasized during the meeting was getting out of town if a serious storm bears down somewhere in the United States between now and the end of the Atlantic hurricane season in November. "If your local authorities ask
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Obama urge a ciudadanos a estar preparados ante nueva temporada de hur ... Tue, 31 May 2016 21:07:00 +0200.

Obama visitó en Washington las instalaciones de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (Fema, en inglés) , donde fue informado de los preparativos de cara a la temporada ciclónica en la cuenca atlántica, que afecta durante seis me
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Arabic weather term 'haboob' is apparently troubling for some TexansTue, 31 May 2016 20:25:00 +0200.

On Sunday evening, a haboob — like the one showed here — rolled through Lubbock, Tex., but some Texans were more upset by the terminology than the storm itself. (Daniel Bryant) A wall of dust raced toward Lubbock, Tex., on Sunday, and the
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Amnesty says 1.2 million Afghans internally displaced by warTue, 31 May 2016 20:21:00 +0200.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Amnesty International said Tuesday that more than 1.2 million Afghans have been forced to flee their homes due to violence in the past three years and urged the Kabul government and the international community to
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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),