M 4.7 in New Caledonia on 19 Jan 2019 05:40 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 1168469
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.1888 , 169.4924
Event Date: 19 Jan 2019 05:40 UTC
19 Jan 2019 16:40 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jan 2019 06:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000j68c 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 328 | About casualties: 32 | Last hour: 0

Still time to lodge claims for Oct 2018 earthquake event - EQCWed, 23 Jan 2019 02:26:00 +0100.

The Earthquake Commission is reminding customers whose homes and property suffered damage in the earthquake that struck the North Island near Taumarunui on 30 October last year that they still have time to lodge a claim. Head of Response an
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Breakthrough in earthquake prediction as scientists find big quakes fo ... Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:20:00 +0100.

Scientists in Oregon have identified new clues on the warning signs of a big earthquake. A new study has found that large quakes tend to follow two types of activity: shallow mantle creep and seismic swarms. The team used 55 seismometers pl
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World: UNFPA Humanitarian Action 2019 OverviewTue, 22 Jan 2019 23:09:00 +0100.

Foreword by the Executive Director. The year 2018 was another challenging period for millions of women and girls whose lives have been upended by conflict, hazards, pandemics and displacement. A staggering 136 million people needed aid, an
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UDI regional respalda a Intendenta en que no se justifica declarar zon ... Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:20:00 +0100.

Luego de participar en el Primer Consejo General 2019, de la Unión Demócrata Independiente, instancia donde fue proclamada la nueva directiva nacional del partido, encabezada por la relecta presidenta nacional Jacqueline Van Rysselberghe, l
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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),