M 4.6 in Guam on 26 Oct 2020 11:00 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 1240960
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 136.53 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.4316 , 144.4163
Event Date: 26 Oct 2020 11:00 UTC
26 Oct 2020 21:00 Local
Exposed Population:
160000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Oct 2020 12:52 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000cd9h Scaled population (vector) 5.49  
  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: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

No tsunami threat to Marianas from 7.4 magnitude Alaska earthquakeTue, 20 Oct 2020 06:44:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 that occurred 91 km south of Alaska at 6:55 a.m. (ChST), with a depth of 40.1 km. As advised by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, there is NO tsunami th
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Community invited to participate in Great Guam ShakeOut earthquake dri ... Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:40:00 +0200.

It’s time to stop, cover and hold on for the International Great ShakeOut Day happening Thursday. At exactly 10:15 am, participants are expected to stop whatever they’re doing for one minute and take part in the international initiative tha
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Community encouraged to register for the Great Guam ShakeOutTue, 13 Oct 2020 01:09:00 +0200.

Guam will soon take part in the world’s largest earthquake drill, the Great ShakeOut. On Thursday, October 15, 2020, at exactly 10:15 a.m. (ChST), participants will practice the earthquake response procedure; “Drop, Cover and Hold On” from
...(more)
5.0 magnitude earthquake east of YigoTue, 29 Sep 2020 04:52:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 that struck 112 kilometers east of Yigo with a depth of 10 kilometers at 11:03 a.m. (ChST). There were no reports made to Guam 911 dispatch of damages or
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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),