M 4.5 in United States on 18 Oct 2016 19:24 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 1095977
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 54 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.8632 , -168.8618
Event Date: 18 Oct 2016 19:24 UTC
18 Oct 2016 11:24 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Oct 2016 17:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007f5p 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: 1145 | About casualties: 50 | Last hour: 0

Top Asian News 4:37 p.m. GMTSat, 22 Oct 2016 19:15:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he did not mean he would cut off ties with the United States when he said in China that he was separating from the U.S., adding it's in his country's best interest
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First woman to climb Mount Everest dies aged 77Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:03:00 +0200.

The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, has died aged 77. Tabei, who climbed Everest in May 1975 aged 35, passed away in a hospital in the city of Saitama, her family said. The climber was diagnosed with
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Fuerte terremoto sacude a JapónSat, 22 Oct 2016 18:22:00 +0200.

Tokio, Japón. Un poderoso sismo con una magnitud de 6.2 grados en la escala de Richter sacudió el oeste de Japón sin que haya peligro de un tsunami, reportaron hoy las autoridades locales. La Agencia Meteorológica informó que el terremoto s
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علماء رياضيات يشرحون آلية نمو الأورام السرطانيةSat, 22 Oct 2016 18:14:00 +0200.

الثورة نت/.. تمكن علماء رياضيات من جامعة “تشارلز الثالث” في مدريد الإسبانية من تحديد ألية نمو الشعيرات الدموية التي تغذي الأورام السرطانية عن طريق إظهار آلية النمو بطرائق رياضية. وأشار العلماء إلى أن تلك الأوعية الشعرية تتخذ خلال نموها باتج
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),