M 4.5 in New Caledonia on 17 Nov 2017 09:52 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 1126672
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.3517 , 168.5194
Event Date: 17 Nov 2017 09:52 UTC
17 Nov 2017 20:52 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2017 10:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bq9x Scaled population (vector) 3.43  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1096 | About casualties: 82 | Last hour: 0

US ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 HaitiansTue, 21 Nov 2017 09:31:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Car
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US ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 HaitiansTue, 21 Nov 2017 09:24:00 +0100.

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO Associated Press. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a
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US ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 HaitiansTue, 21 Nov 2017 09:18:00 +0100.

Washington: The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Caribbean
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US ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 HaitiansTue, 21 Nov 2017 09:16:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Car
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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),