M 4.8 in Guam on 28 Nov 2016 17:56 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 1099538
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 18.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.2911 , 144.6243
Event Date: 28 Nov 2016 17:56 UTC
29 Nov 2016 03:56 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Nov 2016 18:16 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007cyl 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.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 297 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Senate passes major bill to improve weather forecastingFri, 02 Dec 2016 17:52:00 +0100.

Sweeping bipartisan legislation to support weather research and predictions has passed the Senate. If approved by the House of Representatives and signed by the president, it will become the first major piece of weather legislation adopted
...(more)
Puerto de Coquimbo culmina su reconstrucción tras daños del terremoto ... Fri, 02 Dec 2016 17:25:00 +0100.

En un hito de reactivación económica portuaria de la región, que marca también el inicio de la temporada de la fruta 2016-2017, se convirtió el 1 de diciembre la inauguración del sitio n°2 del Puerto de Coquimbo, infraestructura que se vio
...(more)
IOC will not sign off on Tokyo's $20b budget for 2020 GamesFri, 02 Dec 2016 17:01:00 +0100.

TOKYO — Calling Tokyo's proposed $20 billion budget unacceptable, IOC vice-president John Coates urged Japanese organizers on Friday to find ways to make the 2020 Olympics more affordable. Coates, speaking at the end of a co-ordination comm
...(more)
En seier for den høyrenasjonale president- kandidaten Norbert Hofer vi ... Fri, 02 Dec 2016 16:47:00 +0100.

En seier for den østerrikske høyrenasjonale presidentkandidaten Norbert Hofer vil forsterke inntrykk av en tsunami som kan velte EU. Til venstre hans kone Verena Hofer. Foto: Joe Klamar/AFP/NTB Scanpix les mer WIEN: I 1918 gikk det forrige
...(more)

View more news

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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),