M 5.3 in Iceland on 31 Jul 2022 17:48 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 1332945
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 63.9811 , -22.4398
Event Date: 31 Jul 2022 17:48 UTC
31 Jul 2022 17:48 Local
Exposed Population: 5 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 31 Jul 2022 18:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.9 (Iceland)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us6000i70d Scaled population (vector) 2.76  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.62  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),