M 6.8 in New Zealand from 11 Jul 2017 07:00 UTC to 06:59

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1116686
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -49.5 , 163.8
Event Date: 11 Jul 2017 06:59 UTC
11 Jul 2017 17:59 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Jul 2017 07:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NTWC     0 1 1
at00oswzfz Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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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

A Tale of Two Paatis 7/15/2017 5:59:00 AM.

Jul 15, 2017- The Sorakhutte Paati, according to historical records, was built by the children of Kazi Damodar Pande,” recounts Rahendra Pradhan, 58, a local resident of Thamel. Until a few years ago, for commuters en route to Naya Bazaar a
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Fukushima, Tepco pronta a riversare in mare 770mila tonnellate di acqu.. 7/15/2017 5:17:00 AM.

Tokyo, 14 luglio 2017 - Ambientalisti e pescatori, ma anche gente comune, in ansia per la notizia che la centrale nucleare giapponese di Fukushima , a oltre 6 anni dal disastroso incidente (11 marzo 2011), si appresta a riversare in mare 77
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Simulation shows Burnside Bridge 7/15/2017 3:51:00 AM.

PORTLAND, Ore. Multnomah County has released a new simulation of what a magnitude 8 or stronger earthquake would likely do to the Burnside Bridge. And in short, the bridge, which the county says has been identified as a regional emergency t
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),