M 4.6 Off-shore on 13 Aug 2013 14:36 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 1002201
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 91.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.4965 , 141.7867
Event Date: 13 Aug 2013 14:36 UTC
13 Aug 2013 23:36 Local
Exposed Population:
About 955 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Aug 2013 17:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
usb000j256 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

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Quake scare 8/17/2013 12:19:00 PM.

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Haiti 8/17/2013 10:26:00 AM.

WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A. (VOA) -- Ann Ayiti, pati ak regwoupman politik yo reyaji apre Prezidan Michel Martelly te mete yon mesaj devan pèp la kote chèf deta a te eksplike tèm yon rankont li te vle fè ak pati politik yo mèkredi 14 Out 2013 la
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SF Bay Area building demolition fuels quake study 8/17/2013 10:05:00 AM.

HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Every time the ground trembles in the San Francisco Bay Area, people ask themselves: Could this be the big one? For years now, the region has been bracing for a major earthquake that many worry could unleash near-ap
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),