M 4.8 in New Zealand on 27 Nov 2016 08:42 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 1099411
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 14.85 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.7472 , 174.2409
Event Date: 27 Nov 2016 08:42 UTC
27 Nov 2016 21:42 Local
Exposed Population:
368798 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Nov 2016 09:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007cpq 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 978 | About casualties: 97 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake damage to Marlborough wine industry likely to top $100mThu, 01 Dec 2016 03:15:00 +0100.

Winery damage from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake is likely to exceed the $100 million price tag of the Seddon earthquake three years ago. The Marlborough wine industry was hit hard by the most recent earthquake, losing millions of litres of
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Costa Rica registra un sismo de magnitud 5,2Thu, 01 Dec 2016 02:57:00 +0100.

El epicentro del movimiento telúrico se ha localizado a una profundidad de cinco kilómetros, a 9,6 kilómetros de la ciudad costarriqueña de Paraíso. Un sismo de magnitud 5,2 ha sacudido este jueves Costa Rica a las 00:25 (GMT), informa el
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Insurer of the Year announcedThu, 01 Dec 2016 02:56:00 +0100.

NZI is delighted to be named ‘Insurer of the Year’ in the 2016 Kantar TNS Industry Survey. "As a leading insurance company for over 150 years we are thrilled that brokers throughout New Zealand have voted NZI as Insurer of the Year," says T
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Local organizations help those affected by Tennessee wildfire newThu, 01 Dec 2016 02:54:00 +0100.

Their plan is to take the items to a drop site on Friday. "We will be leaving for Pigeon Forge, and I have a drop-off point there, and that's where we are taking these items to be distributed," said Pastor Louis Gibson. Church members say G
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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),