M 5.8 in New Zealand on 14 Feb 2016 00:13 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 1080587
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 8.23 Km
Lat/Lon: -43.5026 , 172.8427
Event Date: 14 Feb 2016 00:13 UTC
14 Feb 2016 13:13 Local
Exposed Population: 470000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Feb 2016 00:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
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: 723 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

Terremoti: forte scossa magnitudo 6.1 vicino Halmahera, IndonesiaWed, 17 Feb 2016 23:37:00 +0100.

(Di mercoledì 17 febbraio 2016) Poche ore fa, precisamente alle 18,26 (ora italiana), una forte scossa di magnitudo 6.1 è stata registrata al largo di Halmahera , in Indonesia . Il terremoto, secondo l’EMSC, ha avuto il suo epicentro ad est
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New Jefferson flood maps might save money for thousandsWed, 17 Feb 2016 23:00:00 +0100.

More than 130,000 properties in Jefferson Parish are likely to see improvements in their flood insurance ratings, according to proposed digital flood insurance rate maps expected to go into effect in 2017. Pictured is an image of the FEMA w
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Terremoto JapónWed, 17 Feb 2016 22:59:00 +0100.

El 11 de marzo de 2011 un terremoto de 9 grados de magnitud sacudió Japón y provocó un tsunami de gran escala que inundó la costa y dejó más de 10 mil muertos. En Internacionales | 07.03.12. A punto de cumplirse un año del terremoto y el t
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Terremoto tra Valeria Golino e Riccardo Scamarcio. La voce: "Ha un'ama ... Wed, 17 Feb 2016 22:52:00 +0100.

16 Febbraio 1861 : il violentissimo di Sumatra Terremoto : 155 anni fa, precisamente il 16 Febbraio 1861 , si verificò un violentissimo terremoto di magnitudo 8.5 al largo delle coste nordoccidentali di Sumatra , in Indonesia. La potente sc
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),