M 4.9 in Northern Mariana Islands on 19 Oct 2017 18:05 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 1124263
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 37.11 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.0098 , 147.4408
Event Date: 19 Oct 2017 18:05 UTC
20 Oct 2017 04:05 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Oct 2017 18:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Northern Mariana Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000au91 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 414 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Ein Seeboden erzählt UmweltgeschichteMon, 23 Oct 2017 17:40:00 +0200.

Die Kartographierung des Seebodens findet gerade statt: Mit Hilfe eines hochpräzisen Multibeam-Echolots - befestigt an einem Forschungsboot vom Institut für Geologie der Uni Innsbruck - wird der Seeboden gescannt. Schall wird zum Seeboden g
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Momen Menhan AS Minta Maaf ke Ryamizard Soal Penolakan PanglimaMon, 23 Oct 2017 17:30:00 +0200.

Menhan AS James Mattis bertemu dengan Menhan Ryamizard Ryacudu. Mattis meminta maaf soal penolakan AS terhadap Panglima TNI Jenderal Gatot Nurmantyo. DETIKNEWS | Senin 23 Oktober 2017, 22:08 WIB Pembayaran gaji atlet dan pelatih tertunda a
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Rosa María Calaf: Se simplifica interesadamente la información sobre i ... Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:25:00 +0200.

Es materialmente imposible no escuchar atentamente a Rosa María Calaf, más si sus palabras afectan a tu quehacer diario: el periodismo. Calaf lleva una vida informando desde el compromiso de su mirada crítica y su inmensa capacidad para com
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Chani Sapag: “Neuquén sobrevivió al tsunami de Cambiemos”Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:17:00 +0200.

La electa diputada nacional del MPN, Alma “Chani” Sapag, dijo que Neuquén sobrevivió al tsunami de Cambiemos. Sapag relativizó el triunfó de Cambiemos en el Concejo Deliberante. “Quiroga no logró la mayoría en el Concejo Deliberante” señaló
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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.
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),