M 4.5 in Iceland on 30 Aug 2012 11:59 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 119119
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 6 Km
Lat/Lon: 64 , -21.59
Event Date: 30 Aug 2012 11:59 UTC
30 Aug 2012 11:59 Local
Exposed Population:
240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Aug 2012 12:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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: 1262 | About casualties: 63 | Last hour: 0

Marmara'da fay hattına hassas takipMon, 03 Sep 2012 12:03:00 +0200.

AFAD, Marmara Bölgesi'ndeki deprem aktivitesinin daha hassas takip edilmesi için Almanya'nın GFZ Enstitüsü ile ortak proje başlattı.
Quake shakes southern PhilippinesMon, 03 Sep 2012 11:46:00 +0200.

A moderate earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, just days after a powerful tremor rocked the same region and triggered a tsunami warning, the government said.
5.9 şiddetindeki deprem panik yarattıMon, 03 Sep 2012 11:35:00 +0200.

Filipinler’in güneyindeki Mindanao adası açıklarında 5.9 büyüklüğünde deprem meydana geldi
Quake shakes southern PhilippinesMon, 03 Sep 2012 11:33:00 +0200.

A moderate earthquake struck the southern Philippines today, just days after a powerful tremor rocked the same region and triggered a tsunami warning, the government said. The quake, measuring 5.9, was located in the Celebes Sea, 67 kilomet
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),