M 5.2 in New Zealand on 22 Nov 2017 07:42 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 1127097
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 22.77 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.5205 , 177.5204
Event Date: 22 Nov 2017 07:42 UTC
22 Nov 2017 19:42 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Nov 2017 07:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bsrh Scaled population (vector) 0  
  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: 561 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

ROADS, BUILDINGS DAMAGED IN VANUATU QUAKESat, 25 Nov 2017 08:47:00 +0100.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Aug. 2) – Shops and schools have been closed on the Vanuatu island of Santo following a powerful earthquake which sent residents fleeing from their houses early this morning. The 7.2
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Anti-Thanksgiving Protest in U.S. -- "National Day of Mourning"Sat, 25 Nov 2017 08:42:00 +0100.

Boston.- "Indigenous people give thanks all the time. We're not against giving thanks, and we're not against people having meals with their families," said Mahtowin Munro, co-leader of United American Indians of New England, the organizatio
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تحذيرات من "تسونامي" آخر على خلفية زلزال تركياSat, 25 Nov 2017 07:11:00 +0100.

السومرية نيوز/ بغداد حذر مركز رصد الزلازل الاوربي المتوسط، من حدوث "تسونامي" آخر على خلفية الزلزال الذي ضرب تركيا أمس. وذكر المركز أن زلزال تركيا قد يتسبب في أمواج مد عاتية (تسونامي) محدودة في المنطقة غير أن المسؤولين الأتراك رجحوا تشكل أمو
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David’s story: Hurricane MariaSat, 25 Nov 2017 05:55:00 +0100.

~ A St. Maarten Student in Dominica ~ David Pierre-Louis, a 20-year-old computer science student from Dutch Quarter, is still reeling from his experiences in Dominica during Hurricane Maria two months ago. Back on St. Maarten now, the young
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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),