M 4.6 in New Caledonia on 17 Nov 2017 15:18 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 1126689
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.647 , 168.8534
Event Date: 17 Nov 2017 15:18 UTC
18 Nov 2017 02:18 Local
Exposed Population:
About 600 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2017 15:58 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bqd8 Scaled population (vector) 1.81  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 396 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Feds on alert after U.S. ends temporary status for HaitiansTue, 21 Nov 2017 15:17:00 +0100.

Dubourg said he called the paper two weeks ago to clear things up but not before he realized the story had been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. He said there is a great deal of uncertainty in the Haitian community, but the message nee
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Trump administration to send Haiti earthquake victims home in 2019Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:27:00 +0100.

The Trump administration announced Monday it will end immigration protections for about 59,000 Haitians living in the United States in May 2019, concluding that conditions on the ground in the poverty-stricken Caribbean country have improve
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Trump administration to send Haiti earthquake victims home in 2019Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:25:00 +0100.

The Trump administration announced Monday it will end immigration protections for about 59,000 Haitians living in the United States in May 2019, concluding that conditions on the ground in the poverty-stricken Caribbean country have improve
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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),