M 4.8 in United States on 22 Mar 2019 20:25 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 1174154
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 56.68 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.3988 , -178.3318
Event Date: 22 Mar 2019 20:25 UTC
22 Mar 2019 11:25 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Mar 2019 15:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000jkhb 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 148 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

2 earthquakes felt across NCTue, 26 Mar 2019 18:52:00 +0100.

Two earthquakes were recorded in the last 12 hours in North Carolina, according to the United States Geological Survey Earthquake website. Some residents in southwest Guliford County, near Greensboro and High Point , reported light shaking
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Earthquake early alert system put to the test this weekTue, 26 Mar 2019 18:11:00 +0100.

This week scientists will conduct an earthquake alert test that could eventually be used for the entire West Coast during a real emergency. On Wednesday at 11 a.m., people in Oakland will see a test of ShakeAlert on their phones. Through th
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Yellowstone volcano: How geologists observed overnight 'earthquake SWA ... Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:26:00 +0100.

The Yellowstone volcano has erupted three times in history 2.1 million years ago, 1.3 million years ago and 630,000 years ago. Jacob Lowenstein, from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), lifted the lid on the first geological explora
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Coast safe from tsunami, Met says after quakeTue, 26 Mar 2019 04:50:00 +0100.

The Meteorological Department has allayed fears Mombasa could soon experience a tsunami after an earthquake which occurred on Sunday evening. Anxiety was rife among netizens after earth tremors were experienced in several counties including
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),