M 5.6 in New Caledonia on 16 Oct 2018 04:42 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 1159158
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.8949 , 169.4286
Event Date: 16 Oct 2018 04:42 UTC
16 Oct 2018 15:42 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2018 05:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hcqb Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 401 | About casualties: 49 | Last hour: 0

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The Earth’s inner core is likely solid, giving researchers new insight into how the planet was formed. Researchers from the Australian National University believe they have direct proof that the inner core is solid after developing a method
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The man who brought Tacoma to life in bronze has diedFri, 19 Oct 2018 21:10:00 +0200.

Larry Anderson, a South Sound sculptor who left an indelible mark on the region’s art and history, has died. He was 78. Anderson died Thursday after a long illness, said his brother-in-law, Jim Hoard. Tacomans who don’t know him personally
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Earth’s inner core is solid, 'J waves' suggestFri, 19 Oct 2018 20:42:00 +0200.

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), WMO (1), INFORM (2),