M 5 in Off E. Coast Of N. Island, N.Z. on 06 Jan 2017 16:46 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 1102677
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 58.41 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.8729 , 177.7094
Event Date: 06 Jan 2017 16:46 UTC
07 Jan 2017 05:46 Local
Exposed Population:
About 78000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Jan 2017 17:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007rqs Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 326 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

En alerta Indonesia y Filipinas por sismo de 7,2 en el mar de CélebesTue, 10 Jan 2017 16:21:00 +0100.

Un terremoto de magnitud 7,2 sacudió este martes el mar de Célebes, entre el sur de Filipinas y el norte de Indonesia, sin que se haya declarado alerta de tsunami. “Según la información registrada, no hay peligro de tsunami porque el sismo
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7.3 Earthquake Hits Near Philippines, MalaysiaTue, 10 Jan 2017 16:09:00 +0100.

. A significant, 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck under the Celebes Sea off the southern Philippines on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was measured at a depth of about 380 miles, which means it was too deep for
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Sismo de 7.3 al sur de FilipinasTue, 10 Jan 2017 16:08:00 +0100.

. Un sismo de magnitud de 7.3 en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió este martes el mar de Célebes, entre el sur de Filipinas y el norte de Indonesia, sin provocar alerta de tsunami. Manila, enero 10.— Un sismo de magnitud de 7.3 en la es
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ODPEM Embarks on Earthquake Awareness CampaignTue, 10 Jan 2017 16:02:00 +0100.

‘The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is embarking on a three-month education campaign aimed at raising national awareness about earthquake preparedness and mitigation. The campaign, under the theme ‘Drop. Co
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),