M 4.7 in New Zealand on 15 Aug 2013 07:00 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 1002364
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 7.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.8009 , 174.224
Event Date: 15 Aug 2013 07:00 UTC
15 Aug 2013 19:00 Local
Exposed Population:
440138 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Aug 2013 07:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb000j3r2 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, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 623 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake in New Zealand: Seddon Homes Damaged, Residents Remember Ch ... Mon, 19 Aug 2013 05:49:00 +0200.

The severe earthquake that struck Seddon in New Zealand was compared by experts as similar in intensity as the one that damaged Christchurch on February 22, 2011. Almost every house in Seddon was damaged by a series of earthquakes on August
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Wellington buildings withstand quakes wellMon, 19 Aug 2013 04:59:00 +0200.

A NEW Zealand Property Council leader says Wellington's two earthquakes show buildings are unlikely to collapse in a moderate quake.
Quake scareMon, 19 Aug 2013 04:51:00 +0200.

, 2 days ago A car drives past a crack in a road after an earthquake on the outskirts of the town of Seddon in the Marlborough region, on New Zealand's South Island on August 16. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck south of New Zealand's capi
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Over 4000 claims to EQC after latest big quakeMon, 19 Aug 2013 00:40:00 +0200.

More than 4000 claims have poured into the Earthquake Commission following the central New Zealand earthquakes back in July, and damage assessment will begin today.EQC says it will spread 20 assessment teams across the lower North...

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),