M 4.7 in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 18 Nov 2018 11:34 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 1162634
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 48.8668 , -28.1268
Event Date: 18 Nov 2018 11:34 UTC
18 Nov 2018 09:34 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Nov 2018 12:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000htj9 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 200 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake response drill for PPC minersWed, 21 Nov 2018 22:59:00 +0100.

Workers at a Public Power Corporation lignite mine in Kozani, northern Greece, carry out a preparedness exercise on Wednesday. Code-named Pandora, the annual exercise is aimed at training workers at the mine what to do in the event of a nat
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La tribu más peligrosa del mundo mató a un estadounidense apenas llegó ... Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:36:00 +0100.

Un estadounidense fue asesinado por los indígenas que habitan la remota Isla Sentinel del Norte , en el archipiélado indio de Andamán y Nicobar , población sumamente hostil con todo lo que tenga que ver con la vida moderna, al punto que ata
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Evacuation carried outTue, 20 Nov 2018 19:58:00 +0100.

DANAO CITY and Daanbantayan started evacuating residents living in coastal areas with tropical depression Samuel expected to make landfall at dawn on Wednesday, Nov. 21. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO)
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Embassy of Japan organizes “Beautiful Handicrafts of Tohoku” Exhibitio ... Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:33:00 +0100.

The Embassy of Japan and the Sarajevo city will hold The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibition “Beautiful Handicrafts of Tohoku, Japan” from17 November to 7 December 2018 at the Sarajevo City Hall. The name Tohokumeans “Northeast” in Japane
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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),