M 7.8 in New Zealand on 13 Nov 2016 11:02 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 1098195
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.8M
Depth: 23 Km
Lat/Lon: -42.7568 , 173.0766
Event Date: 13 Nov 2016 11:02 UTC
14 Nov 2016 00:02 Local
Exposed Population: Less than 100 people in MMI IX
240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2016 12:21 UTC
Maximum Wave Height observed: 2.49 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.3 0.3
us1000778i Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.36m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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New Zealand preacher’s bizarre earthquake theory 11/17/2016 8:45:00 AM.

Shifting tectonic plates? Nope. At least, not according to a New Zealand preacher Brian Tamaki. He reckons it was Mother Nature expressing her opinion about homosexuality. And it’s not the first time he’s come up with such a theory. Remembe
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Marlborough children turn to songs, art and pulling faces to deal with.. 11/17/2016 8:41:00 AM.

The lyrics: "Earth likes to move it, move it," put a smile on her face when she breaks into song with mother Laurie Nolan, a far cry from her original reaction to the 7.8 earthquake on Monday. READ MORE: "I was scared," Annie Bella said.
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Exposed population

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14/Nov/2016 06:20 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),