M 4 in France on 05 Jan 2013 23:26 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 121798
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.0M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.14 , -0.2
Event Date: 05 Jan 2013 23:26 UTC
06 Jan 2013 00:26 Local
Exposed Population:
1110000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Jan 2013 23:48 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 242 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami po trzęsieniu ziemi na AlasceSun, 06 Jan 2013 00:43:00 +0100.

Po trzęsieniu ziemi o sile 7,5 w skali Richtera, jakie nawiedziło wybrzeże Alaski, odnotowano niewielkie tsunami - podało centrum ostrzegania przed tsunami na Pacyfiku
B.C. tsunami warning cancelled after Alaska quakeSat, 05 Jan 2013 23:40:00 +0100.

A powerful earthquake sparked a brief tsunami warning along lengthy stretch of the B.C. coastline early Saturday, but no damaging waves were generated and the warning was soon cancelled.
Tsunami warning cancelled for Alaska, CanadaSat, 05 Jan 2013 23:14:00 +0100.

A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated.
Terremoto de 7,7 graus atinge costa do Alasca e provoca tsunamiSat, 05 Jan 2013 22:56:00 +0100.

EUA, Washington - Um forte terremoto de 7,7 graus na escala de magnitude de momento foi registrado hoje, sábado, na costa sobre o Oceano Pacífico do estado americano do Alasca, causando um tsunami que ainda deve atingir a região, anunciaram
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),