M 4.8 in United States on 05 Apr 2024 01:34 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 1422691
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 7.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.04 , -121.3006667
Event Date: 05 Apr 2024 01:34 UTC
04 Apr 2024 18:34 Local
Exposed Population: 7 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Inserted at: 05 Apr 2024 05:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NCAL SS 0 0
nc74029551 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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 (48), NEIC (3), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),