M 4.9 in Guam on 04 Sep 2020 08:20 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 1233108
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 11.7756 , 142.1339
Event Date: 04 Sep 2020 08:20 UTC
04 Sep 2020 17:20 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Sep 2020 08:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Guam)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bhq2 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: 3 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Unpacking the U.S.-Japan AllianceWed, 02 Sep 2020 17:23:00 +0200.

Forged in the wake of World War II, the U.S.-Japan security alliance is as important as ever to both countries’ interests in Asia. In recent years, a more assertive China, a nuclear-armed North Korea, and other challenges have pushed the al
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No tsunami threat to Marianas from Philippines earthquakeTue, 18 Aug 2020 03:28:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 that occurred 14 kilometers northeast of San Pedro, Philippines at 10:03 a.m. (ChST), with a depth of 33.0 kilometers. As advised by the Pacific Tsunami W
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Hiroshima, l’anniversaire d’une leçon que l’humanité n’a pas appriseSun, 16 Aug 2020 21:18:00 +0200.

Il y a 75 ans, Hiroshima a marqué le début de la capacité humaine à détruire toute vie sur la planète. Sur les 350 000 personnes qui s’y trouvaient le 6 août, 140 000 étaient décédées en décembre. À 8 h 15, le 6 août 1945, un bombardier B-2
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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),