M 4.7 in Kermadec Islands Region on 26 Apr 2015 12:12 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 1053038
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 40.93 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.6623 , -177.5448
Event Date: 26 Apr 2015 12:12 UTC
26 Apr 2015 00:12 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Apr 2015 12:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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

Articles: 348 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Nepal, il terremoto e il turismo irresponsabileThu, 30 Apr 2015 11:43:00 +0200.

Il terremoto in Nepal è un’immane tragedia. Ma c’è una tragedia nella tragedia. Lo spiega bene Reinhold Messner in un’intervista a Radio 24 , laddove punta il dito contro le spedizioni alpinistiche, le quali hanno i soldi e si possono perme
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I dragoni atomici di Fukushima arrivano a PisaThu, 30 Apr 2015 11:42:00 +0200.

Lunedì 4 maggio alle 17.30, nell’Aula Magna del Palazzo Boilleau, in via Santa Maria 85, il Centro Linguistico d’Ateneo (CLi), organizza un seminario con Yuka Nishioka, professoressa all’Università di Nagasaki e autrice di fumetti, che pres
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Japanese lawmakers visit Taiwan to discuss food safety issuesThu, 30 Apr 2015 11:30:00 +0200.

Taipei, April 30 (CNA) A group of Japanese lawmakers is visiting Taiwan to discuss relations between the two countries, including matters related to the safety of Japanese food exports to Taiwan, a Taiwanese official said Thursday. The lawm
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Helen Keller International Prepares Emergency Response in NepalThu, 30 Apr 2015 10:04:00 +0200.

NEW YORK, NY, Apr 30, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Helen Keller International (HKI) has commenced with a rapid assessment of critical nutrition needs in Nepal following the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated the impoverish
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),