M 5.2 in New Zealand on 13 Nov 2016 13:49 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 1098241
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10.33 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.7811 , 174.3646
Event Date: 13 Nov 2016 13:49 UTC
14 Nov 2016 02:49 Local
Exposed Population:
396120 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2016 17:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100077al 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: 972 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Indian police suspend 2 officers for fake Everest claimThu, 17 Nov 2016 13:31:00 +0100.

In this July 4, 2016 file photo, Indian climber Satyarup Sidhantha holds in his right hand a photograph that shows him on Mount Everest. In his left is what he says is an altered version used by an Indian couple to make it appear they were
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Earthquake with magnitude of 6.2 strikes off coast of JapanThu, 17 Nov 2016 13:27:00 +0100.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off the coast of Japan, 65 km east-northeast of the city of Sendai, at 6:43 a.m. on Saturday (2143 GMT Friday), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said "a destru
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Indian police suspend 2 officers for fake Everest claimThu, 17 Nov 2016 13:26:00 +0100.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Two police officers — a husband and wife — have been suspended in India for falsely claiming they scaled Mount Everest in Nepal in May, police said Thursday. Nepal's government earlier canceled the climbing certificates iss
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Is New Zealand On the Brink of Another Major Quake?Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:24:00 +0100.

Image: AP. Seismologists are warning that the latest earthquake to strike New Zealand could trigger other large earthquakes in the coming days and weeks, but sensationalistic claims of a devastating "mega-quake" are likely overblown. The 20
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),