M 7.8 in New Zealand on 13 Nov 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 1098195
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.8M
Depth: 23 Km
Lat/Lon: -42.7568 , 173.0766
Event Date: 13 Nov 2016 11:02 UTC
14 Nov 2016 00:02 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI IX
240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2016 12:21 UTC
Maximum Wave Height observed: 2.49 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.3 0.3
us1000778i Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.36m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 2029 | About casualties: 161 | Last hour: 0

لكي يكون الإصلاح حقيقة، والتغيير واقعاً.. أيها اللبنانيونThu, 17 Nov 2016 09:19:00 +0100.

لم يعرف اللبنانيون زعيماً مثيراً للجدل مثلما عرفوا في شخصية العماد ميشال عون الذي تربع على سدة الرئاسة الأولى مؤخراً، بعد مسيرة سياسية حافلة بشتى درجات الصعود ومطبات الانكسار والتطويق، كان للخطاب السياسي في جميعها، التبدًّل والتصعيد أيضاً،
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قمر عملاق فوق مدينة القمرThu, 17 Nov 2016 08:47:00 +0100.

أريحا 15-11-2016 وفا- يامن نوباني. استمتع مصورون وهواة تصوير ومهتمون ليلة أمس الاثنين، وهم يلتقطون بعدساتهم المحترفة والعادية، من مناطق متعددة في أريحا، أبرزها وادي القلط، مشاهد للقمر "العملاق" أو كما يطلق عليه "قمر العشاق". منذ العام 1948
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New Zealand preacher’s bizarre earthquake theoryThu, 17 Nov 2016 08:45:00 +0100.

Shifting tectonic plates? Nope. At least, not according to a New Zealand preacher Brian Tamaki. He reckons it was Mother Nature expressing her opinion about homosexuality. And it’s not the first time he’s come up with such a theory. Remembe
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Marlborough children turn to songs, art and pulling faces to deal with ... Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:41:00 +0100.

The lyrics: "Earth likes to move it, move it," put a smile on her face when she breaks into song with mother Laurie Nolan, a far cry from her original reaction to the 7.8 earthquake on Monday. READ MORE: "I was scared," Annie Bella said. "
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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.
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Exposed population

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14/Nov/2016 06:20 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),