M 5 in North Island, New Zealand on 26 Nov 2016 07:21 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 1099329
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 16.35 Km
Lat/Lon: -38.882 , 177.6208
Event Date: 26 Nov 2016 07:21 UTC
26 Nov 2016 20:21 Local
Exposed Population:
About 52168 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Nov 2016 07:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007chf 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 612 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

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Red Cross: Response to Hurricane Matthew was biggest one since Superst ... Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:48:00 +0100.

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El dolor de RaúlTue, 29 Nov 2016 18:36:00 +0100.

¿Nos duele la muerte del Comandante en Jefe? Multipliquemos por un millón ese dolor y aún estaremos lejos de lo que siente Raúl. Este 25 de noviembre debió haber sido uno de los peores días de su vida, quizás tan triste como aquella otra jo
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Mandatory evacuations in TennesseeTue, 29 Nov 2016 18:34:00 +0100.

[Breaking news update, posted at 11:50 a.m. ET] More than 100 structures in the city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, have been damaged, Mayor Mike Warner said Tuesday morning. More than 150 other structures have been damaged or destroyed in other
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),