M 4.8 in New Zealand on 14 Nov 2016 13:21 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 1098390
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 16.31 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.7176 , 174.2657
Event Date: 14 Nov 2016 13:21 UTC
15 Nov 2016 02:21 Local
Exposed Population:
392401 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2016 20:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100077ns 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: 573 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Roundup: Vietnam says it needs 1.1 bln USD to address expected El Nino ... Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:54:00 +0100.

HANOI， Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam needs some 25 trillion Vietnamese dong (1.1 billion U.S. dollars) to address expected El Nino damage during the 2016-20 period， according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Frid
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Japón se acoraza para hacer frente a un tsunami de más de 30 metrosFri, 18 Nov 2016 11:48:00 +0100.

Japón espera que en las próximas décadas un gran tsunami de más de 30 metros de altura golpee la costa sur del país. Y, con la memoria todavía muy reciente del desastre de Fukushima , construye contra reloj torres y rutas de evacuación, mur
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Roundup: Vietnam says it needs 1.1 bln USD to address expected El Nino ... Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:38:00 +0100.

HANOI, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam needs some 25 trillion Vietnamese dong (1.1 billion U.S. dollars) to address expected El Nino damage during the 2016-20 period, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Frid
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الكوارث الطبيعية تتسبب بخسائر تقارب 520 مليار دولار في السنةFri, 18 Nov 2016 11:36:00 +0100.

مراكش (المغرب)- "القدس" دوت كوم- قال البنك الدولي في تقرير نشره الاثنين، ان الكوارث الطبيعية تدفع نحو 26 مليون شخص الى الفقر كل عام، وتتسبب بخسائر تزيد عن 500 مليار دولار. واضاف التقرير الذي نشر على هامش مؤتمر الاطراف بشأن المناخ المنعقد في
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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),