M 4.9 in Svalbard and Jan Mayen from 18 Dec 2013 08:22 UTC to 08:22

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1020547
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 75.51 , 7.33
Event Date: 18 Dec 2013 08:22 UTC
18 Dec 2013 08:22 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Dec 2013 08:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=348579 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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Latest media headlines

Sri Lanka to mark 2013 National Safety Day on the 26th in Kalutara Dis.. 12/22/2013 8:20:00 AM.

Dec 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka will mark the National Safety Day, which was commemorated for seven years continuously since 2006, in Kalutara district this year.
UN urges more aid for Philippine typhoon recovery 12/22/2013 8:00:00 AM.

MANILA (Updated, 2:44 p.m.) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community Sunday to ramp up aid for the Philippines' typhoon reconstruction, saying "we must not allow this to be another forgotten crisis." Ban met wi
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Ban seeks more funds for typhoon-hit 12/22/2013 7:45:00 AM.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets children at Manlurip Elementary School in Tacloban City yesterday. TACLOBAN CITY: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stepped up an appeal for funds to help the Philippines recover from a devastating t
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Pasca Musibah Tsunami, Fauziah Bangkit dan Raup Rp 20 Juta per Bulan 12/22/2013 7:15:00 AM.

Fauziah berdiri tepat di depan sebuah meja besar ditutupi terpal biru. Meja ukuran 1X5 meter itu disulap menjadi tempat penjemuran ikan.

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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),