M 4.5 in New Zealand on 20 Jun 2018 10:23 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 1146716
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.8677 , 177.6652
Event Date: 20 Jun 2018 10:23 UTC
20 Jun 2018 22:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 91000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jun 2018 10:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000ewdd Scaled population (vector) 4.71  
  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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 221 | About casualties: 54 | Last hour: 0

Keeping water flowing when an earthquake stops the tapsSun, 24 Jun 2018 07:20:00 +0200.

The pipes that supply water to our homes could stop working for as long as 100 days after an earthquake. Wellington Water is calling on all Wellingtonians to play their part in getting emergency water sorted. It will take time to get a new
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Alaska city honors Guardsmen killed in crash after '64 quakeSun, 24 Jun 2018 06:10:00 +0200.

Three minutes later and about a mile (1.6 kilometers) due west of where more than 30 people died when the earthquake ripped apart the city dock, the plane struck the water head-on, at full speed, killing all on board. Despite rescue efforts
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Alaska city honors Guardsmen killed in crash after '64 quakeSun, 24 Jun 2018 05:52:00 +0200.

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A month after the second most powerful earthquake ever was recorded, the Alaska port community of Valdez remained in ruins. A hulking Alaska National Guard cargo plane's mission Ap
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70-year-old Chinese double amputee scales Mt EverestSun, 24 Jun 2018 05:35:00 +0200.

May 15, 2018-A Chinese mountaineer who lost both legs to frostbite while attempting to climb Everest four decades ago finally fulfilled his dream Monday. Xia Boyu, 70, reached the top of the world’s highest peak at 8:40 am, becoming the fir
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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),