M 4.8 in New Zealand on 18 Sep 2018 01:36 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 1156940
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 156.53 Km
Lat/Lon: -38.1771 , 176.3671
Event Date: 18 Sep 2018 01:36 UTC
18 Sep 2018 13:36 Local
Exposed Population:
420000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2018 01:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000hg6g Scaled population (vector) 5.94  
  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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 447 | About casualties: 78 | Last hour: 0

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AMHERST, Mass. Sept. 21, 2018 – A new analysis of thousands of very small earthquakes that have occurred in the San Bernardino basin near the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults suggests that the unusual deformation of some – they move in a
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New beginningFri, 21 Sep 2018 21:49:00 +0200.

PREMIUM A number of earthquake refugees start to use temporary settlements built at a refugee post in Gondang village, Gangga district, North Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara, on Wednesday. Built by the refugees, the temporary settlements
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How an atom forms a ‘ghost’ bond with a partner that isn’t thereFri, 21 Sep 2018 21:31:00 +0200.

A peculiar type of atom can be induced to form a ‘ghost’ chemical bond with a nonexistent atom, according to new calculations. A highly excited atom that includes a loosely bound electron has the weird ability to form ‘trilobite’ chemical b
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How an atom forms a ‘ghost’ bond with a partner that isn’t thereFri, 21 Sep 2018 20:45:00 +0200.

A peculiar type of atom can be induced to form a ‘ghost’ chemical bond with a nonexistent atom, according to new calculations. A highly excited atom that includes a loosely bound electron has the weird ability to form ‘trilobite’ chemical b
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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),