M 4.6 in New Zealand on 24 Jun 2016 12:38 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 1088739
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.7068 , 174.5648
Event Date: 24 Jun 2016 12:38 UTC
25 Jun 2016 00:38 Local
Exposed Population:
455949 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jun 2016 13:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200066g0 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 684 | About casualties: 84 | Last hour: 0

ايام الهلع البريطاني الاوروبي متى تنتهي؟ ـTue, 28 Jun 2016 12:31:00 +0200.

بضعة ايام مرّت على الاستفتاء التاريخي، ولكنها في عُرف السياسة كانت حصيلة زمن طويل، ان تتخلى بريطانيا عما بنته طيلة ما يقرب من اربعين عاما من العلاقة مع الاتحاد الاوروبي، ان تتخلى عن موقع مؤثر وفريد لنفسها دفعة واحدة، ان تنأى بنفسها فجأة عن
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Floods Should Never Threaten Lives, HomesTue, 28 Jun 2016 12:18:00 +0200.

editorial. IT is rare for a year to pass without some community in Zimbabwe being threatened with floods and being forced to abandon their homes, with the defence forces and the police often having to take a lead in the rescue efforts. Some
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In rain-soaked West Virginia, flood victim planning funeralsTue, 28 Jun 2016 12:00:00 +0200.

By JOHN RABY and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press. RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) - Like other business operators along Main Street in the West Virginia town of Rainelle, Pamela Wallace Arnold is slowly cleaning up from state's worst flooding in dec
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In rain-soaked West Virginia, flood victim planning funeralsTue, 28 Jun 2016 11:58:00 +0200.

RAINELLE, W.Va. Like other business operators along Main Street in the West Virginia town of Rainelle, Pamela Wallace Arnold is slowly cleaning up from state's worst flooding in decades. As a funeral planner, she's also helping to bury the
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),