M 4.8 in New Caledonia on 20 Dec 2016 14:44 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 1101414
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 11.78 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.8659 , 168.6127
Event Date: 20 Dec 2016 14:44 UTC
21 Dec 2016 01:44 Local
Exposed Population:
About 694 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Dec 2016 15:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200082u8 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 826 | About casualties: 33 | Last hour: 0

Lithia Motors : Oregon digestSat, 24 Dec 2016 14:22:00 +0100.

salem. Man suspected of domestic assault in vehicle collision. A 32-year-old man is facing charges after authorities say he chased a car that his wife was in and rammed it to cause a rollover crash. The Statesman Journal reports the man was
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Hans van der Togt gestopt met drinken na 'tsunami aan reacties'Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:00 +0100.

zaterdag 24 december 2016 | 13:06. Hans van der Togt drinkt geen druppel alcohol meer. Volgens de oud-presentator staat hij sinds eind november droog. De ras-Amsterdammer gaf in augustus in een interview met het AD te kennen dat hij soms b
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Government to outline climate change risks facing UK in new reportSat, 24 Dec 2016 12:40:00 +0100.

In a landmark report, the government is to outline the specific risks it believes Britain faces due to the impact of climate change. The report, to be delivered early in the new year, will be the first response made by Theresa May’s adminis
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Religious services held for 2004's tsunami victimsSat, 24 Dec 2016 12:26:00 +0100.

PANG-NGA, 24 December 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Culture held multi-religious services in commemoration of of 2004's tsunami victims. Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat presided over the Buddhist, Christian and Islamic services held in
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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),