M 4.9 in British Virgin Is. on 28 Apr 2024 12:23 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 1426335
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.0875 , -64.8566
Event Date: 28 Apr 2024 12:23 UTC
28 Apr 2024 08:23 Local
Exposed Population:
130 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 28 Apr 2024 13:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (British Virgin Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
PRICO RS 0 0
pr2024119002 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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

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'It Swept Everything': Kenya Villagers Count Toll Of Dam Deluge2024-04-29T20:47+0200.

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'It swept everything': Kenya villagers count toll of dam deluge2024-04-29T17:26+0200.

Mai Mahiu, April 29 (AFP) Apr 29, 2024 The disaster struck in the dead of night, the villagers said, some still in shock over the deluge that engulfed their homes as a makeshift dam broke in Kenya's Rift Valley. At 85, Peter Murithi Mwangi
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'It Swept Everything': Kenya Villagers Count Toll Of Dam Deluge2024-04-29T17:05+0200.

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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 (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),