M 4.6 in The Democratic Republic of Congo on 24 May 2024 14:54 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 1430185
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.7972 , 27.1308
Event Date: 24 May 2024 14:54 UTC
24 May 2024 16:54 Local
Exposed Population:
1 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 28 May 2024 20:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
8 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000n0px Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),