M 4.71 in Virgin Islands U.S. on 26 Nov 2020 07:07 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 1245163
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 34 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.2851 , -65.0535
Event Date: 26 Nov 2020 07:07 UTC
26 Nov 2020 03:07 Local
Exposed Population:
About 500 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Nov 2020 08:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Virgin Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
PRICO RS 0 0
pr2020331007 Scaled population (vector) 1.76  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 9 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

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Light magnitude 4.7 quake hits 109 km northwest of Charlotte Amalie, U ... Thu, 26 Nov 2020 08:30:00 +0100.

4.7 quake PUERTO RICO REGION, U.S. Virgin Islands, 26 Nov 3.07 am (GMT -4) The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 4.7 quake in U.S. Virgin Islands near Charlotte Amalie only 16 minutes ago. The earthquak
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Mag. 4.7 earthquake - North Atlantic Ocean, 124 km northeast of Caroli ... Thu, 26 Nov 2020 08:30:00 +0100.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 4.7 quake in U.S. Virgin Islands near Charlotte Amalie only 16 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Thursday 26 November 2020 at 3.07 am local time at a
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Magnitude 4.6 earthquake rattles nerves in St. Martin, St. MaartenSat, 14 Nov 2020 05:05:00 +0100.

PHILIPSBURG—A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was felt in St. Maarten on Friday afternoon. According to information obtained the quake occurred at 4:35pm at a depth of 104 kilometers and was located 36 kilometers from French St. Martin. Many resid
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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 (3), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),