M 5 in New Caledonia on 31 Oct 2017 20:22 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 1125172
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 7.22 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.7651 , 168.9651
Event Date: 31 Oct 2017 20:22 UTC
01 Nov 2017 07:22 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Oct 2017 21:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000azbm Scaled population (vector) -0.22  
  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: 632 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami Awareness Day held for the first time 26 minutes agoSat, 04 Nov 2017 19:46:00 +0100.

People should move immediately to the nearest high ground, or as far inland as possible if they are on a coast when warning signs occur. Photo credit: Getty. New Zealanders are being urged to learn more about the warning signs of tsunamis
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Earthquake strikes off Tonga, no tsunami threat to HawaiiSat, 04 Nov 2017 19:08:00 +0100.

A strong earthquake struck off Tonga Friday night but was not strong enough to pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck at about 11 p.m. about 56 miles northeast of Hihifo and about 142 miles southwest of Apia, S
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Long quake rattles Samoa 21 minutes ago The magnitude 6.9 tremor laste ... Sat, 04 Nov 2017 18:46:00 +0100.

The quake hit southwest of Samoa. Photo credit: USGS. There's been a large earthquake southwest of Samoa. The magnitude 6.9 tremor struck at a depth of 32km around 10pm (NZ time) on Saturday night. It reportedly lasted about a minute, the
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Un seísmo de magnitud 6,8 sacude las islas Tonga en el Pacífico SurSat, 04 Nov 2017 18:39:00 +0100.

Bangkok - Un terremoto de magnitud 6,8 sacudió hoy las islas Tonga, un país en el Pacífico Sur, sin que las autoridades informaran de víctimas o se declarara alerta de tsunami. El hipocentro fue localizado a 10 kilómetros de profundidad en
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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),