M 4.9 in Off E. Coast Of N. Island, N.Z. on 20 Feb 2017 07:53 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 1106005
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 32.16 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.595 , 178.8068
Event Date: 20 Feb 2017 07:53 UTC
20 Feb 2017 20:53 Local
Exposed Population:
About 3000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Feb 2017 08:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008kvk Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 782 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Philippines: Philippines: NDRRMC scales up preps for magnitude 7.2 ear ... Fri, 24 Feb 2017 07:29:00 +0100.

QUEZON CITY, Feb. 24 - National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) members convene to discuss plans and preparations for a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on Thursdays at the NDRRMC Conference Room, Camp General Emilio Aguinal
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Philippines: Philippines: NDRRMC SitRep No. 14 re Effects of Magnitude ... Fri, 24 Feb 2017 07:29:00 +0100.

Date: 24 February 2017, 8:00 AM. I. SITUATION OVERVIEW. At 10:03 PM on 10 February 2017, Friday, a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.7 shook the island of Mindanao. The epicenter is located 16 km offshore northwest of Surigao City, Surigao S
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What the hell is that massive blob that’s washed up in the Philippines ... Fri, 24 Feb 2017 07:13:00 +0100.

(Picture: Marjorie Cabatingan Aboy) Okay, internet detectives, here’s one for you: What the hell is this? A massive white blob has emerged days after an earthquake off the coast of the Philippines. The huge hairy beast appeared in Cagdainao
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Italie : Amatrice, 6 mois après le séismeFri, 24 Feb 2017 07:12:00 +0100.

Extérieurement, on est encore loin de voir une localité en reconstruction. Amatrice, Accumuli et les autres villages détruits par le séisme, ont été malmenés au cours de ces 6 derniers mois. Puisqu’ils ont connu une succession de 4 autres s
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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.
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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),