M 4.6 in New Zealand on 16 Nov 2016 21:05 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 1098594
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 22.72 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.7569 , 174.2125
Event Date: 16 Nov 2016 21:05 UTC
17 Nov 2016 10:05 Local
Exposed Population:
326735 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Nov 2016 22:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000790z 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.
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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1036 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Le lycée Boucher-de-Perthes d’Abbeville fermé jusqu’à nouvel ordre!Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:31:00 +0100.

Suite aux fortes rafales de vent qui se sont abattues sur Abbeville, depuis la nuit de dimanche à lundi, de nombreux dégâts ont été relevés au sein du lycée Boucher-de-Perthes. Environ 90 % des bâtiments sont touchés. Tuiles envolées, d’aut
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Nasa to 'revolutionise' weather forecasting with launch of b ... Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:23:00 +0100.

A billion-dollar satellite that is promised to revolutionise weather forecasting and in turn help save lives has been successfully launched by The new GOES-R satellite will provide higher resolution images and more frequent updates of weath
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Haití acude a las urnas en elección postergada por huracán MatthewSun, 20 Nov 2016 14:01:00 +0100.

Por Makini Brice LOS CAYOS, Haití (Reuters) - Haití llevaba a cabo el domingo una elección presidencial largamente retrasada, con las esperanzas puestas en que el nuevo Gobierno logre levantar la economía después de un devastador huracán y
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FORECAST: Winter has arrivedSun, 20 Nov 2016 13:52:00 +0100.

Winter chill lingers into the afternoon with mostly sunny skies. The Air Quality will remain in the GOOD to MODERATE range unless new wildfires develop. Sunday: Morning Freeze, Sunny, CHILLY: Hi 47° Tonight: Coldest air mass of the season:
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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),