M 5.5 in New Zealand on 02 Aug 2018 13:01 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 1152520
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 8.69 Km
Lat/Lon: -34.8685 , -178.5889
Event Date: 02 Aug 2018 13:01 UTC
02 Aug 2018 01:01 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Aug 2018 13:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000g1u6 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 406 | About casualties: 37 | Last hour: 0

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For victims of Santa Rosa inferno, new California fires test nerves an ... Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:46:00 +0200.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. The two conflagrations raging across northern California, the Carr Fire and Mendocino Complex Fire, and not within striking distance of this storied town best known as the home of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz. And yet w
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For victims of Santa Rosa inferno, new California fires test nerves an ... Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:43:00 +0200.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. The two conflagrations raging across northern California, the Carr Fire and Mendocino Complex Fire, and not within striking distance of this storied town best known as the home of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz. And yet w
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News Call center set up to assist foreign visitors after Lombok earthq ... Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:41:00 +0200.

The Foreign Ministry has opened a call center for foreign tourists and their relatives following a fatal earthquake that hit West Nusa Tenggara on Sunday. The number for the call center is +6287864124151, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),