M 4.5 in New Zealand on 14 Nov 2016 04:05 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 1098349
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -42.3952 , 173.8489
Event Date: 14 Nov 2016 04:05 UTC
14 Nov 2016 17:05 Local
Exposed Population:
About 39770 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2016 04:31 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100077jz 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
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 977 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Kaikoura's mail makes it throughFri, 18 Nov 2016 01:16:00 +0100.

Kaikoura is still recovering after struck the region on Monday. the 7.8 magnitude earthquake View RNZ's full coverage of the earthquakes New Zealand Post is planning two flights into the quake-hit town today, carrying several hundred kilogr
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APNewsBreak: US releases Haitians coming from MexicoFri, 18 Nov 2016 01:08:00 +0100.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A surge in border crossings and a lack of immigration jail space have prompted the federal government to start releasing Haitian immigrants who have been entering the country in large numbers in recent months, backtracking
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Fiji students attend tsunami summitFri, 18 Nov 2016 01:06:00 +0100.

Update: 11:46AM FIJI is vulnerable to tsunamis, says permanent secretary for Rural & Maritime Development and National Disaster Management Meleti Bainimarama. He said earthquakes and tsunamis were most common issues which must be addressed
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Ron Mayes: Calls for a three star quake rating system to be trialledFri, 18 Nov 2016 00:50:00 +0100.

There are calls for a three star quake rating system to be trialled on buildings to promote higher standard in design. It comes as the state of Wellington's earthquake damaged buildings looks increasingly dire. A similar rating system has r
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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),