M 4.9 in New Zealand on 13 Nov 2016 13:12 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 1098275
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 20.92 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.8566 , 174.0259
Event Date: 13 Nov 2016 13:12 UTC
14 Nov 2016 02:12 Local
Exposed Population:
About 53714 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2016 16:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100077ac 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: 2835 | About casualties: 186 | Last hour: 0

Strong quake damages houses in Indonesia's BaliThu, 17 Nov 2016 11:08:00 +0100.

JAKARTA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of houses were damaged after a strong quake jolted Bali and East Java province just before midnight Wednesday, Indonesia's disaster agency said on Thursday. A total of 40 houses were damaged in the distri
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Preacher’s bizarre earthquake theoryThu, 17 Nov 2016 10:38:00 +0100.

WHAT caused the deadly earthquake that ripped up roads, toppled buildings, caused landslides and killed two people on New Zealand’s South Island last week? Shifting tectonic plates? Nope. At least, not according to a New Zealand preacher B
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Hommage à Hillary Clinton !Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:30:00 +0100.

Hillary Clinton ou le rêve brisé !...Non, je n’écrirai pas un nouveau livre qui portera ce titre. Mais je te dédie cette chronique que, j’espère, liront ces millions de personnes qui t’ont portée à bras le corps, ayant découvert en toi des
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2nd LD: Strong quake damages houses in Indonesia's BaliThu, 17 Nov 2016 10:24:00 +0100.

JAKARTA， Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of houses were damaged after a strong quake jolted Bali and East Java province just before midnight Wednesday， Indonesia's disaster agency said on Thursday. A total of 40 houses were damaged in the distri
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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),