M 4.7 in Central East Pacific Rise on 15 Feb 2019 12:47 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 1170878
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -13.6669 , -111.6715
Event Date: 15 Feb 2019 12:47 UTC
15 Feb 2019 05:47 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Feb 2019 13:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jieu 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: 208 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Rare mega-storm in L.A. area may overwhelm dams, flood citiesTue, 19 Feb 2019 11:18:00 +0100.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Scientists warned that California may be due for a mega-storm which could cause three times as much damage as a major earthquake ripping along the San Andreas Fault, local media reported Monday. This rare me
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Ring of Fire earthquake: 4.9 magnitude quake hits Peru as 4.6 hits Van ... Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:09:00 +0100.

The 4.9 earthquake in Peru took place near the central coast at 8.32am UTC. Meanwhile, Vanuatu was struck by a 4.6 earthquake, around 48km north west of Sola, 8.10am UTC, with a depth of 198.0 km. No injuries or building damage have yet bee
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Rare mega storm could overwhelm Los Angeles area, cause huge damage, e ... Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:36:00 +0100.

LOS ANGELES (DPA) - Scientists call it California's "other big one", and they say it could cause three times as much damage as a major earthquake ripping along the San Andreas fault. Although it might sound absurd to those who still recall
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ANGUILLA TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL CARIBEWAVE19 TSUNAMI EXERCISE ON M ... Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:45:00 +0100.

Anguilla will join other localities in the Caribbean as a participant in the CARIBEWAVE 19 tsunami response exercise on March 14, 2019. The purpose of the exercise is to improve Tsunami Warning System effectiveness in the Caribbean and adja
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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),