M 4.5 in Northern Mariana Islands on 21 Mar 2018 11:23 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 1138101
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 73.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.2419 , 146.5734
Event Date: 21 Mar 2018 11:23 UTC
21 Mar 2018 21:23 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2018 11:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Northern Mariana Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000d711 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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MEDFORD, Oklahoma (AP) - Two small earthquakes have shaken parts of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded at about 3:20 a.m. Saturday about 8 miles (13 kilometers) south-southeast of Medf
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2 small earthquakes shake parts of northern OklahomaSat, 24 Mar 2018 17:27:00 +0100.

MEDFORD, Oklahoma (AP) — Two small earthquakes have shaken parts of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded at about 3:20 a.m. Saturday about 8 miles (13 kilometers) south-southeast of Medf
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2 small earthquakes shake parts of northern OklahomaSat, 24 Mar 2018 16:58:00 +0100.

Waco, TX (76701) Today. Cloudy early with peeks of sunshine expected late. High 87F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph.. Tonight. Partly cloudy skies. Low near 65F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: March 24, 2018 @ 9:51 am; MEDFORD, Oklahoma (AP
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2 small earthquakes shake parts of northern OklahomaSat, 24 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +0100.

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