M 5.7 in New Caledonia on 06 Dec 2018 23:26 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 1164595
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.3575 , 169.6169
Event Date: 06 Dec 2018 23:26 UTC
07 Dec 2018 10:26 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Dec 2018 05:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000i3ui 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 417 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Oregon gets a new playbook for responding to an earthquakeMon, 10 Dec 2018 21:27:00 +0100.

Oregon has a new playbook for preparing and responding to a major earthquake that dictates what should be tackled over time versus a list of tasks to get done. The playbook provides a two-week blueprint for the state's response and expectat
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Oregon gets a new playbook for responding to an earthquakeMon, 10 Dec 2018 21:15:00 +0100.

Oregon has a new playbook for preparing and responding to a major earthquake that dictates what should be tackled over time versus a list of tasks to get done. The playbook provides a two-week blueprint for the state's response and expectat
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Oregon gets a new playbook for responding to massive earthquakeMon, 10 Dec 2018 21:04:00 +0100.

SALEM — Oregon has a new playbook for preparing and responding to a major earthquake that dictates what should be tackled over time versus a list of tasks to get done. The playbook provides a two-week blueprint for the state’s response and
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Oregon gets a new playbook for responding to an earthquakeMon, 10 Dec 2018 18:45:00 +0100.

The playbook provides a two-week blueprint for the state's response and expectations for prioritizing Oregon's recovery from what would be the deadliest natural disaster in the U.S. Oregon faces the threat of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and
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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),