M 4.8 in United States on 24 Oct 2020 17:58 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 1240782
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 20.17 Km
Lat/Lon: 56.426 , -147.6828
Event Date: 24 Oct 2020 17:58 UTC
24 Oct 2020 07:58 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Oct 2020 18:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ccph 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 178 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Letters to the Editor: Wildfires aren't just suffocating California. W ... Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:13:00 +0100.

To the editor: Are empty asthma inhalers recyclable? This fire season my family has acquired quite a stash, because as your article on fire-weary Californians contemplating leaving the state says, “a record shattering 4 million acres burned
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Earthquake Near Angwin Rattles North Bay, Bay AreaMon, 26 Oct 2020 18:26:00 +0100.

NAPA COUNTY , CA— A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck Monday morning near Angwin, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake was recorded 8.6 miles east of Angwin, and was felt across the North Bay, from Napa and St. Helena
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UAE takes part in major tsunami drill in Indian OceanSun, 25 Oct 2020 04:56:00 +0100.

The UAE has taken part in a major international exercise to test how well prepared it would be if there was a tsunami. The drill involving countries across the Indian Ocean was focused on a possible event in the Makran trench, a fault line
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UAE takes part in major tsunami drill in Indian OceanSun, 25 Oct 2020 04:20:00 +0100.

The UAE has taken part in a major international exercise to test how well prepared it would be if there was a tsunami. The drill involving countries across the Indian Ocean was focused on a possible event in the Makran trench, a fault line
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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),