M 4.6 in United States on 26 Oct 2020 07:40 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 1240933
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 21.02 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.4691 , -159.8437
Event Date: 26 Oct 2020 07:40 UTC
25 Oct 2020 20:40 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Oct 2020 08:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000cd7z Scaled population (vector) -0.52  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 180 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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¿Es viable el TPS para los venezolanos prometido por Biden?Fri, 30 Oct 2020 02:36:00 +0100.

El candidato para la presidencia de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, prometió que otorgará un Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, en inglés) para venezolanos . Sin embargo, el abogado James Gagel manifestó sus dudas en cuanto a esta medida y ase
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Letters to the Editor: Wildfires aren't just suffocating California. W ... Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:13:00 +0100.

To the editor: Are empty asthma inhalers recyclable? This fire season my family has acquired quite a stash, because as your article on fire-weary Californians contemplating leaving the state says, “a record shattering 4 million acres burned
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Earthquake Near Angwin Rattles North Bay, Bay AreaMon, 26 Oct 2020 18:26:00 +0100.

NAPA COUNTY , CA— A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck Monday morning near Angwin, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake was recorded 8.6 miles east of Angwin, and was felt across the North Bay, from Napa and St. Helena
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),