M 4.5 in New Zealand on 07 Jan 2017 08:23 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 1102715
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -42.451 , 173.9236
Event Date: 07 Jan 2017 08:23 UTC
07 Jan 2017 21:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 13000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Jan 2017 09:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007ru6 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 837 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Video: 'It was just a complete dust storm, loud and aggressive' - Crom ... Wed, 11 Jan 2017 07:42:00 +0100.

Power poles have come down, while some trailers have flipped and there has been damage to fences and windows. Objects were thrown up to 500 metres. People travelling in cars and motorcycles have been told to avoid travelling through the C
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Terremoto atinge o litoral do EquadorWed, 11 Jan 2017 07:10:00 +0100.

Um terremoto foi registrado na noite desta terça-feira (10) na província litorânea de Esmeraldas, no noroeste do Equador, sem que haja até o momento informações sobre vítimas ou danos materiais. O tremor de magnitude 4,9 ocorreu a 2 km de
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Mini-tornados in Central Otago throw fences 500 metresWed, 11 Jan 2017 07:05:00 +0100.

Cromwell police are warning Cromwell residents to stay indoors, after pieces of tin, fences and a trampoline were thrown around by mini-tornadoes. High winds in the Central Otago town caused havoc in the new subdivision of Summerfields Esta
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Solomon Adaları'nda 6.4 büyüklüğünde depremWed, 11 Jan 2017 07:05:00 +0100.

Solomon Adaları'nda 6,4 büyüklüğünde deprem meydana geldi. ABD Jeolojik Araştırmalar Merkezi (USG), depremin Makira eyaletinin başkenti Kirakira'nın 108 kilometre batısında ve 46 kilometre derinlikte oluştuğunu duyurdu. Bu yer sarsıntısı so
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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),