M 5.3 in South Of Kermadec Islands on 22 Dec 2016 07:19 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 1101526
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -34.6379 , -178.7303
Event Date: 22 Dec 2016 07:19 UTC
21 Dec 2016 19:19 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Dec 2016 07:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007lxt 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

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BATANGAS, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon that spoiled Christmas Day in parts of the Philippines, leaving at least four people dead and destroying homes, roared over a congested region near Manila on Monday with slightly weaker but st
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Hundreds of people pay homage to 2004 Tsunami Victims in TamilNaduMon, 26 Dec 2016 07:11:00 +0100.

December 26, 2016 11:39 IST 1 of 5. Hundreds of people living in Tamil Nadu's coastal districts on Monday paid homage to those who were swallowed by the 2004 tsunami on this day.
Christmas Typhoon Kills 4, Destroys Homes in PhilippinesMon, 26 Dec 2016 07:11:00 +0100.

A powerful typhoon that spoiled Christmas Day in parts of the Philippines, leaving at least four people dead and destroying homes, roared over a congested region near Manila on Monday with slightly weaker but still-fierce winds, officials s
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Twelve years after Asia tsunami, 400 bodies unidentified in ThailandMon, 26 Dec 2016 07:10:00 +0100.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - At least 400 victims of Asia's 2004 tsunami that killed 226,000 people remain unidentified in Thailand 12 years on, police said on Monday. The 9.15 magnitude Dec. 26 earthquake triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean
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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),