M 4.6 in United States on 24 Dec 2015 20:30 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 1076912
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 8.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.8911 , -119.5808
Event Date: 24 Dec 2015 20:30 UTC
24 Dec 2015 12:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 15059 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Dec 2015 20:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
U NEV 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

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On dangerous ground: Increased seismic activity baffles locals, expert.. 12/27/2015 9:54:00 PM.

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AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE - Earthquake leaves 4 dead, more than 100 injur.. 12/26/2015 5:05:00 PM.

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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), USGS (2),