M 4.5 in New Caledonia on 21 Nov 2017 01:31 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 1127004
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.624 , 168.5867
Event Date: 21 Nov 2017 01:31 UTC
21 Nov 2017 12:31 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Nov 2017 01:52 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bs5y Scaled population (vector) 2.93  
  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

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Trump renvoie chez eux 60 000 réfugiés haïtiensThu, 23 Nov 2017 06:53:00 +0100.

Les Français qui ne maîtrisent pas parfaitement la langue anglaise ont souvent eu l'occasion, en montant dans un taxi jaune, à New York ou à Miami, de tomber sur un chauffeur haïtien s'exprimant en français avec un délicieux accent créole.
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Piden incluir amenaza de Tsunamis en protocolos de respuestas municipa ... Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:38:00 +0100.

El director de la Defensa Civil en el Magdalena, mayor Eduardo Vélez Soto, pidió incluir la amenaza por Tsunami en los protocolos de respuestas municipales, como información preventiva, mas no porque se trate de algo inminente. El planteami
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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),