M 4.5 in New Zealand on 11 Dec 2013 13:15 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 1019900
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 110.27 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.48 , 177.84
Event Date: 11 Dec 2013 13:15 UTC
12 Dec 2013 02:15 Local
Exposed Population:
About 37839 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Dec 2013 15:05 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

SH6 through Haast Pass closed due to earthquake 12/12/2013 8:21:00 PM.

State Highway 6 through the Haast Pass was closed temporarily yesterday because of an earthquake.The 7km deep, 4.6 magnitude quake struck 40km east of Haast at 1pm. It was felt in Wanaka and described by GNS Science as "strong".New...
Quake rattles lower NZ's South Island 12/12/2013 2:27:00 AM.

A MAGNITUDE 4.6 earthquake has struck New Zealand's lower South Island. The earthquake hit just before 1pm (1100 AEDT) on Thursday, was 7km deep and centred 40km east of Haast, on the west coast. Reports on GeoNet's site show it was felt i
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Quake checks clear NZ buildings 12/9/2013 4:54:00 AM.

ENGINEERING assessments have cleared more than two-thirds of the 342 New Zealand buildings with similar structures to Christchurch's CTV building.
Christchurch city takes shape: goodbye red zone 11/28/2013 7:26:00 PM.

The first areas in the residential red zone to be fully cleared of homes have been announced to speed up demolitions that have fallen behind deadline. Areas of New Brighton, Avonside Drive, Oxford Tce and Kaiapoi are the first to be complet
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),