M 4.5 in New Zealand on 15 Nov 2016 14:02 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 1098483
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 11.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -42.4006 , 173.8595
Event Date: 15 Nov 2016 14:02 UTC
16 Nov 2016 03:02 Local
Exposed Population:
About 36880 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Nov 2016 17:55 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007891 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: 1327 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

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واس (صدى): ضرب زلزال بلغت قوته 5.4 درجات على مقياس ريختر غرب اليابان اليوم . وقالت وكالة الأرصاد اليابانية إن الزلزال وقع في الساعة 2,45 بتوقيت “جرينتش” وأن مركزه كان في مقاطعة واكاياما غرب اليابان. ولم يتم توجيه تحذير من حدوث موجات مد عملا
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Znów niespokojna ziemia. Tym razem zatrzęsło w JaponiiSat, 19 Nov 2016 08:12:00 +0100.

Trzęsienie ziemi o magnitudzie określonej wstępnie na 5,4 nawiedziło zachodnią Japonię. Nie wydano ostrzeżenia przed falą tsunami; na razie nie ma doniesień o poszkodowanych lub zniszczeniach. Trzęsienia ziemi są częste w Japonii, która je
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Oklahoma residents hit by quakes sue 27 energy companiesSat, 19 Nov 2016 08:04:00 +0100.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Residents of a town hit by Oklahoma's strongest earthquake have filed a class-action lawsuit against dozens of energy companies, accusing them of triggering destructive temblors by injecting wastewater from oil and natur
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В Японии произошло землетрясениеSat, 19 Nov 2016 07:59:00 +0100.

Подземные толчки силой ощущались в 23 префектурах, угрозы цунами нет Землетрясение магнитудой 5,4 произошло в японской префектуре Вакаяма. Эпицентр подземных толчков находился на юге префектуры, а очаг залегал на глубине 60 километров. Подз
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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.
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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),