M 4.6 in Guam on 19 Dec 2016 02:29 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 1101268
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 121.37 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.8463 , 144.9588
Event Date: 19 Dec 2016 02:29 UTC
19 Dec 2016 12:29 Local
Exposed Population:
162777 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Dec 2016 02:58 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us200082gq 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

Articles: 600 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

National › Emperor turns 83; thanks public for response to abdication ... Thu, 22 Dec 2016 23:12:00 +0100.

TOKYO. Addressing the country on his 83rd birthday Friday, Emperor Akihito thanked the Japanese public for heeding his message earlier in the year indicating his desire to abdicate. His annual birthday remarks followed his rare video messag
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Brothers building a fashion empire after becoming orphans in Boxing Da ... Thu, 22 Dec 2016 23:04:00 +0100.

Two brothers who started selling flip-flops to help others after their parents were killed in the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 have seen their business boom. Rob and Paul Forkan were on a family trip in Sri Lanka when their parents, Kevin, 54
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Emperor turns 83, gives thanks for response to video messageThu, 22 Dec 2016 22:01:00 +0100.

Addressing the country on his 83rd birthday Friday, Emperor Akihito thanked the public for heeding his message earlier in the year indicating his desire to abdicate. His annual birthday remarks followed a rare video message in which he said
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Un sismo 4,8 grados sacude varias ciudades de PerúThu, 22 Dec 2016 21:03:00 +0100.

El IGP registró ayer al menos cinco sismos en distintas regiones del país, entre los cuales el más alto fue de magnitud 5,4 en la región andina de Huancavelica, al sureste de Perú. El temblor se sintió a las 06.18 horas locales (11.18 GMT)
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),