M 5 in New Zealand on 13 Nov 2016 23:17 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 1098323
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 11.92 Km
Lat/Lon: -42.0947 , 173.8078
Event Date: 13 Nov 2016 23:17 UTC
14 Nov 2016 12:17 Local
Exposed Population:
About 49011 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2016 01:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100077ha 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 653 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Scores evacuatedThu, 17 Nov 2016 22:04:00 +0100.

Helicopters have ferried scores of residents and tourists out of a small New Zealand town as others boarded naval ships, three days after the region was completely cut off by landslides following a major earthquake. Prime Minister John Key
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Earthquake turns Clarence road into cliffThu, 17 Nov 2016 22:00:00 +0100.

A new video shows cracks have formed a major drop on a Clarence road. The Marlborough town suffered significant damage after Monday's 7.8 earthquake. Clarence River was also affected by the quake, with a surge of water up to 15m high rushin
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Wellington's mid-rise buildings worst affected by earthquakeThu, 17 Nov 2016 22:00:00 +0100.

Wellington's mid-rise buildings suffered the most damage in Monday's 7.8 quake, engineers have found. The quake shaking lasted for 90 seconds, compared to 20 seconds in the deadly February 2011 Christchurch quake. The "extraordinarily large
...(more)
Explained: what makes some buildings safer?Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:00:00 +0100.

What happens to buildings when large earthquakes hit? What makes some structures more resilient than others? University of Auckland Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Structures, Dr Charles Clifton, answers some questions. How are
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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),