M 5.1 in New Zealand on 13 Nov 2016 19:28 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 1098302
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.73 , 174.34
Event Date: 13 Nov 2016 19:28 UTC
14 Nov 2016 08:28 Local
Exposed Population: 400000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2016 20:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100077ef 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: 538 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New Zealand propelled the seabed two metres through the sand. The quake struck just after midnight on Monday in the North Canterbury region of Kaikoura - 55 miles from Christchurch - triggering waves
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Terremoto de magnitude 7,8 atinge a Nova ZelândiaThu, 17 Nov 2016 16:25:00 +0100.

Um forte terremoto atingiu a Nova Zelândia na madrugada de segunda-feira (14), chegando a gerar alerta de tsunami no país. O tremor de magnitude 7,8 fez milhares de pessoas deixaram suas casas na costa leste, após a Defesa Civil da Nova Zel
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Indian police suspend 2 officers for fake Everest claimThu, 17 Nov 2016 16:14:00 +0100.

NEW DELHI 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 issued to
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Nuevo informe establecerá si se abre o no "zona cero" en MantaThu, 17 Nov 2016 16:14:00 +0100.

El lunes el Comité de Operaciones de Emergencia (COE) Manta resolvió abrir de manera definitiva el sitio, afectado por el terremoto del pasado 16 de abril. En una carta abierta al COE, el Ministerio de Seguridad indicó que "no es factible a
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),