M 4.9 in Mariana Islands Region on 11 Dec 2016 10:49 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 1100599
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 60.77 Km
Lat/Lon: 20.6789 , 143.8591
Event Date: 11 Dec 2016 10:49 UTC
11 Dec 2016 20:49 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Dec 2016 11:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007zy0 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 388 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Deep ocean hole could cause catastrophic earthquakesThu, 15 Dec 2016 10:21:00 +0100.

The tear in the Earth’s crust is located in the Banda Sea and measures about 60,000sq km — roughly the size of Tasmania. Geologists have now discovered the tear is one of the biggest faults on the planet and is running through the Ring of F
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Indonesia: Form 2 - Situation Update No. 6: Aceh Pidie Jaya Earthquake ... Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:38:00 +0100.

1. HIGHLIGHTS As of 05:00 am today, the BNPB reported that the death toll is 103 with 96 bodies positively identified. Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) teams are continuously working to identify the rest of the victims. A total of 780 i
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Nochi Nagar: In the line of fire for 8 long years, destroyed yet again ... Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:16:00 +0100.

Nochi Nagar is one of the first places in Chennai to get affected be it floods or cyclones | (EPS) Ashwin Prasath. To serve as roofs for their homes, residents use roadside banners which will last until the next tragedy | (EPS) Ashwin Pras
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Restrictions on building along Alpine Fault in Franz Josef scrappedThu, 15 Dec 2016 06:00:00 +0100.

READ MORE: A group of business owners appealed the decision to the Environment Court as they felt they were being effectively red-zoned and feared they would not be compensated if they had to relocate. Franz Josef straddles the Alpine Fault
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),