M 4.5 in Dominica on 21 Jan 2019 14:42 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 1168518
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 11.74 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.7661 , -61.6501
Event Date: 21 Jan 2019 14:42 UTC
21 Jan 2019 10:42 Local
Exposed Population:
480000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2019 15:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.7 (Dominica)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000j6u9 Scaled population (vector) 5.68  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.83  
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Latest media headlines

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Earthquake rattles several Caribbean countriesMon, 21 Jan 2019 19:40:00 +0100.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 rattled several Caribbean islands on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of
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EARTHQUAKE- Magnitude 3.4 earthquake felt in several islandsSun, 13 Jan 2019 21:09:00 +0100.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports that at 7:29am (local time) the tremor affected the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Martin, Saint Maarten, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts Nevis, US Virgin Islands, Ant
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Third earthquake in a day rattles Caribbean islandsSun, 06 Jan 2019 06:21:00 +0100.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), said an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 rattled three Caribbean islands, as the regio
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Third earthquake rattles C'bean islands in a daySat, 05 Jan 2019 18:06:00 +0100.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Friday said an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 rattled three Caribbean islands, as th
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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),