M 4.8 in New Caledonia on 17 Nov 2017 03:33 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 1126647
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.8241 , 168.8124
Event Date: 17 Nov 2017 03:33 UTC
17 Nov 2017 14:33 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2017 03:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bq4l Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1040 | About casualties: 89 | Last hour: 0

Trump administration ends program for Haitians who came to US after qu ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 02:58:00 +0100.

Advocates for Haitians quickly criticized the decision, arguing the conditions in the island haven’t improved nearly enough for Haitians to be deported. Florida congressman Mario Diaz-Balart expressed his “strong opposition” to the measure
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US ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 HaitiansTue, 21 Nov 2017 02:57:00 +0100.

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO, Associated Press. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit programme that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since
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Nation-World US ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 HaitiansTue, 21 Nov 2017 02:56:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Car
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Nation-World US ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 HaitiansTue, 21 Nov 2017 02:55:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Car
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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),