M 4.9 Off-shore on 06 Sep 2016 21:43 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 1093459
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 11.37 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.9647 , 178.9669
Event Date: 06 Sep 2016 21:43 UTC
07 Sep 2016 09:43 Local
Exposed Population:
About 221 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Sep 2016 22:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006mj6 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: 1182 | About casualties: 73 | Last hour: 0

No damage reported following earthquake in South OkanaganSat, 10 Sep 2016 21:42:00 +0200.

OLIVER, B.C. - A 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit the South Okanagan on Saturday morning. Earthquakes Canada says the tremour was centred about 40 kilometres south of Penticton, B.C., near the town of Oliver. The centre of the earthquake was on
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10 muertos y cientos de heridos tras terremoto en TanzaniaSat, 10 Sep 2016 21:42:00 +0200.

Al menos 10 personas murieron y un centenar resultaron heridas en Tanzania tras registrarse un terremoto de magnitud 5,7 que se ha sentido en Uganda, Kenia y Ruanda, informaron fuentes policiales. El epicentro del sismo se registró en la or
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Tanzania earthquake kills 11 and injures 192Sat, 10 Sep 2016 21:40:00 +0200.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has killed at least 11 people and injured 192 in northern Tanzania, the authorities say. The quake struck close to the border with Uganda and Rwanda near Lake Victoria. Images posted on social media showed signifi
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Tanzania quake kills at least 11; president says many deadSat, 10 Sep 2016 21:38:00 +0200.

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — A Tanzanian police official says that at least 11 people have died in one town in the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that shook the Lake Victoria region, while the president says that many are dead. Augustine Olomi,
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),