M 4.8 in New Zealand on 07 Nov 2016 16:59 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 1097793
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 19 Km
Lat/Lon: -39.37 , 173.79
Event Date: 07 Nov 2016 16:59 UTC
08 Nov 2016 05:59 Local
Exposed Population:
109394 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Nov 2016 18:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000763p 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: 856 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Et au milieu du Puy-de-Dôme coule une rivière de saphirs FranceinfoFri, 11 Nov 2016 16:42:00 +0100.

© Fournis par Francetv info. L'Auvergne est-elle le nouvel eldorado ? a rapporté, mercredi 9 novembre, qu'un cours d'eau de la région d'Issoire (Puy-de-Dôme) regorgerait de saphirs. Ce gisement aurait été découvert il y au moins deux ans pa
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90 mil personas evacuaron el borde costero por simulacro de terremoto ... Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:33:00 +0100.

Catorce minutos demoraron en evacuar los vecinos de la Caleta de Peñuelas en Coquimbo hacia la zona de seguridad más cercana. Miles de trabajadores, transeúntes y residentes participaron del ejercicio de simulacro de terremoto de 7.8 richte
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Ecuador: MCC partners to rebuild 15 homes following Ecuador earthquakeFri, 11 Nov 2016 16:02:00 +0100.

MCC is partnering with Ecuadorian churches to help rebuild 15 homes and provide psychosocial support after the April earthquake killed more than 600 people and displaced 80,000. By Rachel Bergen. Nov. 11, 2016. WINNIPEG, Man. – Digna Macias
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Erstmals seit fast 60 Jahren Am Montag kommt der Supermond All diejeni ... Fri, 11 Nov 2016 15:28:00 +0100.

Kleinere "Supermonde", bei denen der Vollmond der Erde schon relativ nahe kommt, sind nicht so ungewöhnlich und kommen etwa alle 14 Monate vor. Dieses Mal kommt uns unser Trabant in seiner vollen Ausstrahlung aber so nah wie selten. Erst 20
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),