M 5.2 Off-shore on 14 Sep 2016 17:55 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 1093956
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 8.11 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.5056 , 179.2719
Event Date: 14 Sep 2016 17:55 UTC
15 Sep 2016 05:55 Local
Exposed Population:
About 277 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Sep 2016 22:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006pix 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: 706 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

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Espa�a es v�ctima de un 'tsunami' regulatorio: hasta 40 nuevas normas cada d�a En 2012 y 2013 se detectaron m�s de 6.000 normas que distorsionan la facilidad para hacer negocios en Espa�a. El actual período de Gobierno en funciones constit
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Arriesgar la vida en el Mediterráneo porque tu vida ya está en riesgoSun, 18 Sep 2016 10:09:00 +0200.

La mayoría de los rescatados no saben lo que les espera una vez lleguen a Italia, según una portavoz de la FICR. MADRID, 18 Sep. (EDIZIONES) - Quienes a diario se echan al Mediterráneo en embarcaciones sobrecargadas con el deseo de llegar a
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STRAIGHT TALK : Are we really prepared for natural disasters?Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:57:00 +0200.

Our Parliamentary Standing Committee met the Disaster Unit last March and I was left with the impression that it really had a strong resolve, but it required building up and more exposure. Ground studies in disaster prone countries like Ja
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Study says strong tides could trigger severe earthquakesSun, 18 Sep 2016 09:26:00 +0200.

A recent study suggests that a strong tidal force can exaggerate an already loaded earthquake as a result pushing a small one to evolve into an acute tremor. Lead researcher Ide said, "When tides are very large, small earthquakes tend to gr
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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),