M 4.8 Off-shore on 06 Sep 2016 09:48 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 1093433
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.0893 , 179.8844
Event Date: 06 Sep 2016 09:48 UTC
06 Sep 2016 21:48 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Sep 2016 11:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006md3 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1174 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon AgainSat, 10 Sep 2016 09:14:00 +0200.

-- September 9, 2016) -- Regardless of the fact that the UN has imposed sanctions on North Korea, nuclear weapons development in the country has not been ceased. On Friday morning, Kim Jong-Un, the leader of North Korea, carried out the fif
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Latest North Korea Nuclear Test Largest But Not UnprecedentedSat, 10 Sep 2016 08:36:00 +0200.

By Esha Sarai September 09, 2016. North Korea's missile test Friday was its fifth and most powerful to date - causing a 5.3-magnitude earthquake and concern that Kim Jong Un continues to display what one regional leader calls "maniacal reck
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¿Cómo distinguen los sismólogos un terremoto de una explosión como la ... Sat, 10 Sep 2016 08:25:00 +0200.

La primera sospecha de que Corea del Norte había detonado otra bomba surgió por el reporte de un movimiento sísmico de magnitud de 5,3 cerca de Punggye-ri. En esta zona, ubicada en el noreste del país, el régimen de Kim Jong-un ya había rea
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Earthquakes Can Trigger Large Aftershocks on Separate Faults: StudySat, 10 Sep 2016 07:20:00 +0200.

SAN DIEGO, CA — A large earthquake on one fault can trigger large aftershocks on separate faults within just a few minutes and could have important implications for earthquake hazard prone regions such as California, where ruptures on compl
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),