M 4.6 in United States on 26 Apr 2016 20:28 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 1085225
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 74.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 62.7193 , -149.6966
Event Date: 26 Apr 2016 20:28 UTC
26 Apr 2016 12:28 Local
Exposed Population:
About 3977 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Apr 2016 22:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
ALASKA EC n.a n.a
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
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),