M 4.6 in New Zealand on 04 Feb 2017 10:29 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 1104761
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 93.47 Km
Lat/Lon: -40.3268 , 174.4234
Event Date: 04 Feb 2017 10:29 UTC
04 Feb 2017 22:29 Local
Exposed Population:
140000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2017 10:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
us20008hmz Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 948 | About casualties: 70 | Last hour: 0

20 injured, 250 homes damaged Read Story WWLTV, KHOU.com StaffWed, 08 Feb 2017 10:12:00 +0100.

NEW ORLEANS - A series of tornadoes cut across south Louisiana leaving devastation in its path, including in rarely-hit parts of New Orleans. The National Weather Service determined an EF-2 tornado touched down in New Orleans East with wind
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Nation-Now 20 injured, 250 homes damaged following tornadoes in Louisi ... Wed, 08 Feb 2017 10:10:00 +0100.

NEW ORLEANS - A series of tornadoes cut across south Louisiana leaving devastation in its path, including in rarely-hit parts of New Orleans. The National Weather Service determined an EF-2 tornado touched down in New Orleans East with wind
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Dozens injured in tornadoes across southern LouisianaWed, 08 Feb 2017 09:51:00 +0100.

Destroyed and damaged homes are seen in this aerial photo after a tornado tore through the eastern neighborhood in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency for Louisiana after a severe stor
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Les incroyables images de la tornade à la Nouvelle-OrléansWed, 08 Feb 2017 09:33:00 +0100.

La Louisiane a été frappée par des vents violents et plusieurs tornades. L'une d'entre elles était d'une ampleur exceptionnelle.

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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),