M 4.9 in New Zealand on 16 Aug 2013 06:55 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 1002490
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 11.2 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.6915 , 174.2836
Event Date: 16 Aug 2013 06:55 UTC
16 Aug 2013 18:55 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2013 16:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb000j4qq 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 416 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Fukushima Springs Another Leak in Battle With Radioactive WaterTue, 20 Aug 2013 06:50:00 +0200.

reported another breach of the defenses it has built at the Fukushima nuclear plant in its more than two-year struggle to stop leaks of radioactive water into the soil and sea. Just weeks after the utility backtracked from earlier statement
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Fukushima: wyciekła silnie skażona wodaTue, 20 Aug 2013 06:46:00 +0200.

Nie wiadomo, co jest przyczyną wycieku. Skażona ciecz zgromadziła się wokół zbiornika. Operator elektrowni podejrzewa, że woda wyciekła przez zawór spustowy. Okoliczności incydentu mają zostać wyjaśnione na specjalnej konferencji prasowej.
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Charcos de agua muy radioactiva en la central de FukushimaTue, 20 Aug 2013 06:30:00 +0200.

Charcos de agua altamente radioactiva fueron descubiertos cerca de los depósitos de líquido contaminado de la central nuclear japones accidentada de Fukushima, anunciaron la compañía eléctrica Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) y la autoridad de
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Operator of crippled Japan nuclear plant says tank leaked contaminated ... Tue, 20 Aug 2013 06:23:00 +0200.

TOKYO - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Tuesday it believes about 300 tonnes of highly contaminated water has leaked from a storage tank designed to hold overflows from the site. The leaked water contains 80
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),