M 5.5 in Off E. Coast Of N. Island, N.Z. on 08 Oct 2016 19:41 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 1095450
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.0824 , 178.7951
Event Date: 08 Oct 2016 19:41 UTC
09 Oct 2016 07:41 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Oct 2016 20:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007cu1 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: 1076 | About casualties: 49 | Last hour: 0

Fundación de Shakira niega donación de 15 millones de dólares para Hai ... Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:31:00 +0200.

La Fundación Pies Descalzos, fundada por la artista colombiana Shakira, negó hoy que la cantante donara 15 millones de dólares para los damnificados de Haití después de la destrucción causada por el huracán Matthew, confirmaron a Efe fuente
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La fundación de Shakira niega la donación de 13,6 millones de euros pa ... Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:29:00 +0200.

La Fundación Pies Descalzos, fundada por la artista colombiana Shakira, ha negado hoy que la cantante donara 15 millones de dólares (13,6 millones de euros) para los damnificados de Haití después de la destrucción causada por el huracán Mat
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La fundación de Shakira niega la donación de 13,6 millones de...Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:25:00 +0200.

La Fundación Pies Descalzos, fundada por la artista colombiana Shakira, ha negado hoy que la cantante donara 15 millones de dólares (13,6 millones de euros) para los damnificados de Haití después de la destrucción causada por el huracán Mat
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Earthquake Expert to Address Businesses and Organizations at Free Eart ... Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:24:00 +0200.

in Washington D.C. on Thursday, October 20 , at The American Institute of Architects. The workshop will continue a series of free earthquake damage prevention workshops offered nationally that feature the FEMA (QuakeSmart). QuakeSmart Com
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),