M 4.5 in United States on 21 Oct 2021 18:44 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 1291445
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 62.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 62.955 , -148.3439
Event Date: 21 Oct 2021 18:44 UTC
21 Oct 2021 10:44 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 21 Oct 2021 18:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak021diizca9 Scaled population (vector) 2.35  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 290 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Lives “likely to be lost” in Haiti if fuel supplies do not reach hospi ... 2021-10-25T16:22+0200.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 24 October 2021 The UN Humanitarian agencies operating in Haiti are extremely concerned over the deepening crisis resulting from roadblocks which are preventing the delivery of fuel supplies, posing obstacles to the provisio
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Haiti: Des vies "risquent d'être perdues" en Haïti si les livraisons d ... 2021-10-25T16:22+0200.

Bureau des Nations unies pour la coordination des affaires humanitaires en Haïti. Port-au-Prince, Haïti, 24 octobre 2021 - Les agences humanitaires des Nations Unies opérant en Haïti sont extrêmement préoccupées par l'aggravation de la cris
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Papua New Guinea: Magnitude-5.2 offshore earthquake occurs near easter ... 2021-10-25T08:37+0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurred in the northern Solomon Sea, east of East New Britain, at 15:21 Oct. 25. The epicenter was about 120 km (75 miles) south-southeast of Kokopo. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 21 km (13 miles
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World36 mins ago Strong quake strikes northern Taiwan2021-10-24T22:37+0200.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A strong earthquake struck northeastern Taiwan on Sunday, with residents reporting violent shaking in the capital Taipei but there were no immediate reports of widespread damage. Taiwan’s central weather bureau said t
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1), USGS (2),