Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Zealand on 20 Jan 2014 02:52 UTC

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M 6.2 in New Zealand on 20 Jan 2014 02:52 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 1024335
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.2M
Depth:	28 Km
Lat/Lon:	-40.6343 , 175.7765
Event Date:	20 Jan 2014 02:52 UTC 20 Jan 2014 15:52 Local
Exposed Population:	469572 people within 100km
Inserted at:	20 Jan 2014 03:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Aftershocks rattle NZ's lower North Island 1/20/2014 10:52:00 PM.

THERE have been a number of aftershocks following a magnitude 6.2 quake which hit the lower North Island of New Zealand.

Aftershocks rattle NZ's lower North Island 1/20/2014 8:24:00 PM.

There have been a number of aftershocks following a magnitude 6.2 quake which hit the lower North Island of New Zealand.

6.2-mag quake strikes New Zealand; no immediate reports of casualties 1/20/2014 7:17:00 PM.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook New Zealand's North Island Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. New Zealand's TVNZ-One News reported the quake knock

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New Zealand earthquake causes giant 45ft HOBBIT EAGLE to fall on teena.. 1/20/2014 7:04:00 PM.

The 45ft wingspan model crashed into a dining area and hit a teenage girl during the 6.2 magnitude quake

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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