M 5.2 in New Caledonia on 21 Nov 2017 18:23 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 1127068
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.2718 , 168.7068
Event Date: 21 Nov 2017 18:23 UTC
22 Nov 2017 05:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 4000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Nov 2017 19:28 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bsfd Scaled population (vector) 2.67  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 582 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

ONU: "pequeña señal" no significa que submarino haya explotadoFri, 24 Nov 2017 19:37:00 +0100.

VIENA. El secretario de la Organización del Tratado de Prohibición Total de Pruebas Nucleares (CTBTO, por sus siglas en inglés), Lassina Zerbo, explicó que esa señal no significa que el sumergible entero haya explotado. “Lo que registramos
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Unidad de Búsqueda y Rescate Canino del Sinaproc inicia curso para for ... Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:33:00 +0100.

La Unidad de Búsqueda y Rescate Canino del Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (Sinaproc) será fortalecida a través de un curso para nuevos guías caninos. El Sinaproc informa que el objetivo del curso, que será dado por el consultor españo
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Disaster response system testedFri, 24 Nov 2017 19:18:00 +0100.

The department of revenue and disaster management, under the supervision of observers from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Disaster Management Authority, conducted a mock tsunami drill at the coastal hamlet of Panithittu near
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La ONU indica que la explosión detectada en el submarino fue "muy ... Fri, 24 Nov 2017 18:47:00 +0100.

"Lo que registramos es un impulso, una breve señal, pero esto no significa que el submarino haya explotado. Es un error que mucha gente está diciendo", afirmó el responsable de la CTBTO en una entrevista concedida a Efe en Viena. "Nosotros
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),