M 5 in New Zealand on 20 Sep 2017 02:42 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 1121887
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 24.36 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.5093 , 174.3572
Event Date: 20 Sep 2017 02:42 UTC
20 Sep 2017 14:42 Local
Exposed Population:
470000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2017 03:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000arfw Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1306 | About casualties: 38 | Last hour: 0

New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery MexicoSun, 24 Sep 2017 02:32:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least one person, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge, and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes that togeth
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New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery MexicoSun, 24 Sep 2017 02:31:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY — A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes this month that together have killed nearly 40
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New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery MexicoSun, 24 Sep 2017 02:30:00 +0200.

Four people were injured in Juchitan and three in Tlacotepec, but none of their lives were in danger. Another person suffered a broken clavicle in the town of Xadani. Three hotels and two churches were damaged and a highway bridge collapsed
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Un terremoto de 6.1 vuelve a disparar las alarmas en Ciudad de MéxicoSun, 24 Sep 2017 02:20:00 +0200.

Un nuevo sismo de magnitud de 6.1 grados se sintió en México a las 7:55 de la mañana del sábado. El epicentro fue Oaxaca y reactivó el temor en el centro y el sur del país. Dos mujeres fallecieron de un infarto durante este nuevo sismo repo
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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),