M 4.9 Off-shore on 18 Sep 2016 11:02 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 1094172
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 14.38 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.1809 , 60.9892
Event Date: 18 Sep 2016 11:02 UTC
18 Sep 2016 15:02 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2016 11:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006qn5 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: 486 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Weak earthquake readinessThu, 22 Sep 2016 10:40:00 +0200.

Minister of Public Safety and Security Park In-yong came under heavy criticism for his careless responses during a National Assembly session Wednesday to report his ministry's activities in the aftermath of strongest-ever earthquake to hit
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Nos musulmansThu, 22 Sep 2016 10:24:00 +0200.

A la mosquée Allah Akbar, au numéro 61 de la rue Bécassine, le silence tranche avec le tumulte de Carrefour-Feuilles, quartier au flanc du morne L’hôpital. Sous les arbres, dans un cabanon rustique, Noé Estimé Rubens, 23 ans, ouvre quelques
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Project aims to increase understanding of Hikurangi plate boundaryThu, 22 Sep 2016 10:21:00 +0200.

A major initiative aimed at improving the resilience of communities on the East Coast of the North Island to natural hazards associated with the plate boundary has been launched at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier tonight. Eas
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Superbactéries résistantes aux antibiotiques: l'ONU sonne l'alerteThu, 22 Sep 2016 10:20:00 +0200.

Devant la menace que représente l'apparition de bactéries résistantes aux antibiotiques, l'ONU sonne la mobilisation générale lors d'une première réunion spécialement dédiée à ce sujet. Les dirigeants du monde entier ont appelé mercredi gou
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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),