M 5.5 in New Zealand on 23 Jul 2019 23:08 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 1184354
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -33.8173 , -179.5119
Event Date: 23 Jul 2019 23:08 UTC
23 Jul 2019 11:08 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jul 2019 23:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60004uec Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 320 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

Pánico en Japón: terremoto de gran magnitud azotó las costas del paísSat, 27 Jul 2019 22:02:00 +0200.

Un nuevo evento sísmico, se ha generado a una profundidad de 376Km con una magnitud 6,3 y una duración de 30 segundos. El epicentro del temblor se localizó a unos 144 kilómetros al sureste de la ciudad japonesa de Shingū, informa el Servici
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WATCH: Earthquake kills 8, injures 60 in northern PhilippinesSat, 27 Jul 2019 11:48:00 +0200.

An earthquake and aftershocks struck islands off the north of the Philippines on this Saturday killing eight people and injuring 60. An initial quake of magnitude 5.4 struck the Batanes islands and was followed shortly by an aftershock of m
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Witness living in fear after Otara shooting 12 minutes ago "I felt the ... Sat, 27 Jul 2019 10:13:00 +0200.

A witness to a shooting in south Auckland says she's now living in fear after a teenager was seriously injured on Friday night. It's the fifth shooting in Otara this year, but community leaders say the incidents aren't a reflection of the c
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Earthquake, aftershocks strike Phillippines; 8 dead, 60 injuredSat, 27 Jul 2019 07:54:00 +0200.

An earthquake and aftershocks struck islands off the north of the Philippines on Saturday killing eight people and injuring 60, disaster officials said. An initial quake of magnitude 5.4 that struck the Batanes islands was followed shortly
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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), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),