M 4.9 in New Zealand on 30 Aug 2012 19:38 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 119137
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -44.1115 , 168.848
Event Date: 30 Aug 2012 19:38 UTC
31 Aug 2012 07:38 Local
Exposed Population:
About 23000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Aug 2012 20:29 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000cbjd Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1285 | About casualties: 61 | Last hour: 0

UN official calls for policies to address rapid urbanization in develo ... Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:50:00 +0200.

A United Nations official today called for the development of national urban policies to ensure developing countries are not overwhelmed by urbanization, which he compared to a tsunami for its staggering growth which can surpass cities'#39
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UN official calls for policies to address rapid urbanization in develo ... Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:22:00 +0200.

A United Nations official today called for the development of national urban policies to ensure developing countries are not overwhelmed by urbanization, which he compared to a tsunami for its staggering growth which can surpass cities'#39
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Plans outlined at Japan quake talkMon, 03 Sep 2012 19:17:00 +0200.

Representatives from Taiwan and Japan yesterday met at a Taipei forum to discuss what Taiwan can learn from Japan’s reconstruction efforts in the wake of last year’s massive earthquake and tsunami. A total of 450 participants registered to
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Nečas: Důsledky oranžového tsunami před čtyřmi lety? Korupční chování ... Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:05:00 +0200.

Projev předsedy ODS a premiéra ČR Petra Nečase na zahájení volební kampaně v Mladé Boleslavi

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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),