M 5.2 in New Zealand on 05 Jan 2017 11:17 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 1102568
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 19.01 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.8639 , 174.0804
Event Date: 05 Jan 2017 11:17 UTC
06 Jan 2017 00:17 Local
Exposed Population:
120000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Jan 2017 11:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us10007rb1 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 701 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

L’Icaunais Jean-Paul Cottret et Stéphane Peterhansel leaders autos à m ... Mon, 09 Jan 2017 11:09:00 +0100.

Cottret : « Mais rien n'est encore fait ! » INTERVIEW. Pour sa trentième participation au Dakar, l'Auxerrois Jean-Paul Cottret craignait les nouvelles règles en matière de navigation. Ses craintes étaient fondées. Et bien que leader avec «
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شوقي: علاقتي بريدوان “بخير”Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:38:00 +0100.

كشف المغني أحمد شوقي، حقيقة الأخبار التي تتحدث عن خلافات بينه وبين المنتج العالمي ريدوان، مؤكدا أن علاقتهما جيدة جدا، ولا وجود للمشاكل بينهما. وقال شوقي في حديث مع «الصباح»، إنه على علاقة جيدة بريدوان الذي كان له الفضل في دخوله الساحة الفني
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Forte scossa di terremoto in Canada: magnitudo 6.2Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:16:00 +0100.

Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 6.2 è stata registrata alle 17:47 ora locale (00:47 in Italia), al largo dell'arcipelago artico canadese delle isole Regina Elisabetta. Prelim M5.8 earthquake Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada Jan-8 23:47 UT
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Forte scossa di terremoto in Canada: magnitudo 6.2Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:15:00 +0100.

Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 6.2 è stata registrata alle 17:47 ora locale (00:47 in Italia), al largo dell'arcipelago artico canadese delle isole Regina Elisabetta. Prelim M5.8 earthquake Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada Jan-8 23:47 UT
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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),