M 4.7 Off-shore on 13 Oct 2016 11:35 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 1095672
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 6.26 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.2153 , -179.0339
Event Date: 13 Oct 2016 11:35 UTC
12 Oct 2016 23:35 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Oct 2016 12:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007ds1 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: 801 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

6.2-magnitude quake jolts NW China's QinghaiMon, 17 Oct 2016 11:29:00 +0200.

XINING， Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- No casualties have been reported so far since a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Qinghai Province at 3:14 p.m. on Monday， according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter of the quak
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An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude has hit TibetMon, 17 Oct 2016 11:28:00 +0200.

The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at a depth of 25km (16 miles) about 300km (186 miles) northwest of the city of Qamdo. A SIZEABLE EARTHQUAKE registering 6.4 on the Richter scale has struck the Himalayan region of Tibet. The US G
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Fuerte sismo magnitud 6,9 sacude a Papúa Nueva GuineaMon, 17 Oct 2016 11:27:00 +0200.

(Reuters) - Un fuerte terremoto magnitud 6,9 sacudió el lunes la costa de la isla de New Britain, en Papúa Nueva Guinea, informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por su sigla en inglés). No hubo alerta de tsunamis por parte de
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Forte terremoto de magnitude 6,9 atinge costa da Papua-Nova GuinéMon, 17 Oct 2016 11:27:00 +0200.

(Reuters) - Um forte terremoto de magnitude 6,9 atingiu nesta segunda-feira a costa da ilha de Nova Bretanha, na Papua-Nova Guiné, informou o Serviço Geológico dos Estados Unidos. Não houve alerta de tsunami emitido pelo Centro do Pacífico
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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),