M 4.5 in New Zealand on 22 May 2018 17:59 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 1143849
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 35.77 Km
Lat/Lon: -40.4558 , 176.4068
Event Date: 22 May 2018 17:59 UTC
23 May 2018 05:59 Local
Exposed Population:
270000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 May 2018 19:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000ea1q Scaled population (vector) 5.08  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.33  
  INFORM_normalised 0.63  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 277 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Masters of disasterSat, 26 May 2018 08:13:00 +0200.

UCI doctors Kristi L. Koenig and Carl H. Schultz are leaders in the emerging science of disaster medicine. “In a truly catastrophic event, we won’t have the resources to save everyone,” Koenig says, “so we need policies and procedures gover
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New tally shows 82 Hawaii island homes and structures destroyed by lav ... Sat, 26 May 2018 02:08:00 +0200.

Also, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said an earthquake that occurred at approximately 12:44 p.m. today was not large enough to cause a tsunami for Hawaii island. Preliminary data indicated that the 4.4 magnitude earthquake was centered
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Nuevo capítulo de “Efecto Mariposa” recreará el terremoto y tsunami de ... Fri, 25 May 2018 18:50:00 +0200.

El próximo domingo y lunes, Mega emitirá un nuevo capítulo de “Efecto Mariposa”, programa que muestra las causas y consecuencias que enlutaron a Chile. En los próximos capítulos, el espacio recreará e investigará la cadena de errores que de
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Photos: Hawaii Kilauea volcano eruption Source: CMG GalleryThu, 24 May 2018 20:54:00 +0200.

Lava erupts in the air in Leilani Estates area near Pahoa, Hawaii. The Kilauea volcano has opened more than 20 vents in the ground that have released lava, sulfur dioxide and steam. (George F. Lee/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP) Satellite
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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),