M 4.7 Off-shore on 14 Oct 2016 00:30 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 1095703
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 24.09 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.2826 , 178.8081
Event Date: 14 Oct 2016 00:30 UTC
14 Oct 2016 12:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2459 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Oct 2016 01:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007dz4 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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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1252 | About casualties: 37 | Last hour: 0

Is B.C.'s government ready for an earthquake?Mon, 17 Oct 2016 23:59:00 +0200.

After a 2014 report from B.C.'s auditor general that declared the province was not adequately prepared for a catastrophic earthquake , the province says it is now attempting to remedy the situation. One of its first initiatives was to appoi
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Earthquake prone buildings - risk or opportunity?Mon, 17 Oct 2016 23:40:00 +0200.

One of the most catastrophic aspects of the Christchurch earthquakes was the amount of injury and death caused by unreinforced masonry - prevalent in earthquake prone buildings (EPBs) falling onto the streets. This stimulated an immediate g
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Expert's take: Why women must be at the heart of the humanitarian resp ... Mon, 17 Oct 2016 23:30:00 +0200.

Anthony Ngororano is Programme Advisor and Head of the Africa Section at UN Women Headquarters and is currently serving as Representative a.i. UN Women Haiti. Previously, he has also served as Representative a.i. UN Women Malawi. A national
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Juntos por ti, viviendas inclusivas para los afectados del terremotoMon, 17 Oct 2016 23:25:00 +0200.

El 17 de octubre del 2016, durante el evento Hábitat III , en una de las conferencias se presentó el proyecto Juntos por ti . Este es un plan de vivienda para las personas con discapacidad afectadas por el terremoto del 16 de abril. La inic
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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.
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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 (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),