M 5.4 in Guam on 16 Apr 2024 14:58 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 1424407
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 17.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.8885 , 145.4426
Event Date: 16 Apr 2024 14:58 UTC
17 Apr 2024 00:58 Local
Exposed Population: 9 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 19 Apr 2024 16:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Guam)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mcej Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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)

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),