M 4.5 in Canada on 22 Feb 2021 13:54 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 1257013
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 47.7286 , -128.5833
Event Date: 22 Feb 2021 13:54 UTC
22 Feb 2021 04:54 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Feb 2021 15:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Canada)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000dk33 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  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: 26 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Christchurch earthquake anniversary: Memorial service honours the fall ... Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:35:00 +0100.

Today we remember the 185 people who lost their lives on 22.01.2011. As at February 9, 2012, the official earthquake toll was 185 victims. 115 people died in the Canterbury Television (CTV) building 18 people died in the Pyne Gould Corporat
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Small earthquake recorded in N.B. Sunday morningSun, 21 Feb 2021 22:54:00 +0100.

A 2.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded south of Mount Carleton Provincial Park early Sunday morning. (Earthquakes Canada) There was a small earthquake in New Brunswick early Sunday morning. A 2.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded in a woo
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Earthquake “felt lightly” in North Vancouver IslandThu, 18 Feb 2021 22:18:00 +0100.

Victoria – A loud, relatively small earthquake was felt in northern Vancouver Island on Wednesday afternoon. The magnitude 2.9 earthquake occurred at a depth of approximately four kilometers near the village of Sayward, around 12:19 pm. Acc
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Earthquake 'lightly felt' in North Vancouver Island villageThu, 18 Feb 2021 20:16:00 +0100.

VICTORIA -- A relatively small earthquake was felt rumbling in North Vancouver Island on Wednesday afternoon. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of roughly four kilometres near the Village of Sayward, around 12:19 p.m. Accordi
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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),