M 4.5 Off-shore on 23 Jul 2013 03:21 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 1000616
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 529.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -24.4309 , 179.8777
Event Date: 23 Jul 2013 03:21 UTC
23 Jul 2013 15:21 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Jul 2013 05:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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

Articles: 964 | About casualties: 119 | Last hour: 0

4.5M quake hits NW China's Gansu provinceSat, 27 Jul 2013 02:15:00 +0200.

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Wenxian County in the city of Longnan in northwest China's Gansu Province at 00:25 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
Delay in Disclosing Leaks at Fukushima Is CriticizedSat, 27 Jul 2013 01:33:00 +0200.

The lack of transparency by the operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, in revealing that contaminated water from the site had been flowing into the ocean has renewed public frustration.
China quakeSat, 27 Jul 2013 01:11:00 +0200.

, 4 days ago People stand outside their homes after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Dingxi, Gansu province, on July 22. The earthquake in China's western Gansu province killed 11 people and seriously injured another 81, state media said on M
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6.4-magnitude earthquake hits South Sandwich Islands: CENCSat, 27 Jul 2013 01:08:00 +0200.

BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted the South Sandwich Islands region at 05:33 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was moni
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),