M 5.4 in South Of Kermadec Islands on 05 Mar 2016 18:45 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 1081921
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -33.2253 , -178.2767
Event Date: 05 Mar 2016 18:45 UTC
05 Mar 2016 06:45 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2016 19:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 760 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

TSUNAMI ANNIVERSARY - Japan in dilemma over tsunami-devastated Okawa s ... Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:33:00 +0100.

The remains of the Osaka elementary school, where 74 children and 10 teachers died, has become a symbol of the tragedy caused by the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. The country now faces a dilemma over whether to demolish the school or p
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Japón se ha movido cinco metros más cerca de AméricaWed, 09 Mar 2016 18:26:00 +0100.

El Departamento de Estado de Información Geográfica de Japón ha informado este miércoles que el archipiélago nipón se halla cinco metros más cercano al continente americano como resultado de un desplazamiento hacia el este provocado por el
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Flash flood watch issued for South MississippiWed, 09 Mar 2016 18:15:00 +0100.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for South Mississippi from Thursday morning through Saturday morning. The large storm system bringing heavy rains and damage across the southern United States is now expected to re
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El Ayuntamiento de Coria conmemora desde el jueves el quinto aniversar ... Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:15:00 +0100.

El Ayuntamiento del municipio sevillano de Coria del Río conmemorará desde este jueves con diferentes actos e iniciativas el quinto aniversario del terremoto y posterior tsunami que "devastó" la región japonesa de Tohoku, ocurrido el día 11
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),