M 4.6 in United States on 27 Sep 2020 10:51 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 1237069
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10.59 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.8716 , -169.7914
Event Date: 27 Sep 2020 10:51 UTC
26 Sep 2020 23:51 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Sep 2020 11:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c1wn Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 172 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

US Geological SurveyThu, 01 Oct 2020 10:14:00 +0200.

United States Geological Survey. The United States Geological Survey USGS , formerly simply Geological Survey ) is a scientific of the . The of the USGS study the of the , its , and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has
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US Earthquake: HUGE swarm of up to 240 quakes blasts California lake A ... Thu, 01 Oct 2020 05:54:00 +0200.

The largest earthquake of the swarm was a magnitude 4.9 It was felt in San Diego County and Tijuana , according to United States Geological Survey's Did You Feel It? map In a tweet, seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones said: "The swarm happening now
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Miércoles 30 Septiembre, 2020 | 23:02 Sismo de magnitud 6,4 golpea a c ... Thu, 01 Oct 2020 04:48:00 +0200.

Un sismo de magnitud 6,4 fue detectado este jueves frente al archipiélago de Tonga, en el océano Pacífico, anunció el Instituto Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS). El organismo norteamericano revisó a la baja la intensidad del temblor, anun
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Aftershocks expected after magnitude 5.9 quake, chipmakers unaffectedWed, 30 Sep 2020 10:01:00 +0200.

Taipei, Sept. 30 (CNA) Minor aftershocks are expected after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake rattled a large part of Taiwan on Wednesday, although chipmakers based in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu City said their operations were not affected, accordi
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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),