M 4.9 in New Zealand on 06 Jun 2014 03:46 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 1033740
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 95.81 Km
Lat/Lon: -39.4917 , 175.1077
Event Date: 06 Jun 2014 03:46 UTC
06 Jun 2014 15:46 Local
Exposed Population:
172296 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Jun 2014 04:22 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 135 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Japanese Energy Official Declines to Comment on Status of Nationwide N ... Tue, 10 Jun 2014 02:00:00 +0200.

Japan's top energy planner declined to shed light Monday on when a nationwide nuclear freeze might be lifted, saying an independent regulatory body would give the final word. Toshikazu Okuya, who is tasked with drafting Japan’s mid- to long
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Work starts on 'ice wall' to halt Fukushima leaksMon, 09 Jun 2014 13:26:00 +0200.

The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima hopes revolutionary underground freezing technique will stop contaminated water escaping into the Pacific Ocean, but critics say it's too little, too late.
£6million Stradivarius was stuffed in cupboard for 25 yearsMon, 09 Jun 2014 09:49:00 +0200.

One of the rarest violins in the world which was stuffed away in a cupboard for 25 years has gone up for auction and is expected to sell at a whopping $10million (£6million).
Grand Cayman prepares for potential natural disastersMon, 09 Jun 2014 07:09:00 +0200.

Grand Cayman prepares for natural disasters with a lecture series and a tsunami exercise.

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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),