M 4.8 Off-shore on 10 Sep 2016 12:49 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 1093675
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.5649 , 179.3925
Event Date: 10 Sep 2016 12:49 UTC
11 Sep 2016 00:49 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Sep 2016 13:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006nl4 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: 1753 | About casualties: 320 | Last hour: 0

Tanzania: Legislators Urge Scientific Evaluation of the EarthquakeWed, 14 Sep 2016 12:20:00 +0200.

Dodoma Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday urged the government to conduct scientific evaluation regarding Saturday's 5.7 Ritcher scale-magnitude earthquake, which struck Lake Victoria regions, killing 17 people. Contributing to a motion
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Terremoto de 6 grados sacude el oeste de Islas SalomónWed, 14 Sep 2016 12:09:00 +0200.

06:48 | Un terremoto de 6 grados de magnitud sacudió hoy las aguas al oeste de las Islas Salomón, en el océano Pacífico, sin que las autoridades informaran inicialmente de víctimas o daños materiales. El Centro de Alertas por Tsunami del P
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Second Colombian city jolted by quake, residents shocked, soccer fans ... Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:06:00 +0200.

. Irish Sun Wednesday 14th September, 2016 • Earthquake originated near the western town of Mutata. • Earthquake shook 13 buildings, but soccer fans don’t feel a thing. • This was the country’s biggest tremor in over a year. BOGOTA, Colombi
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عام / زلزال بقوة ست درجات يضرب قبالة جزر سولومونWed, 14 Sep 2016 11:59:00 +0200.

سنغافورة 12 ذو الحجة 1437 هـ الموافق 14 سبتمبر 2016 م واس ضرب زلزال بلغت قوته ست درجات على مقياس ريختر اليوم قبالة جزر سولومون . وأوضحت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكية أن الزلزال وقع على بعد 89 كيلومترًا غرب جزر سولومون في جنوب المحيط الهادي
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),