M 4.9 in New Zealand on 28 Jul 2013 13:07 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 1000726
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10.8 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.6724 , 174.3071
Event Date: 28 Jul 2013 13:07 UTC
29 Jul 2013 01:07 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2013 13:26 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

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Quake struck Christchurch gets 2015 World Cup matches, for now 7/31/2013 9:09:00 AM.

WELLINGTON: Former New Zealand captain Lee Germon got his wish as his hometown of Christchurch was selected to host the opening match of the 2015 cricket World Cup, though he is acutely aware it could be taken away again in a little over a
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Cricket-Quake struck Christchurch gets World Cup matches, for now 7/30/2013 6:58:00 AM.

By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Former New Zealand captain Lee Germon got his wish as his hometown of Christchurch was selected to host the opening match of the 2015 cricket World Cup, though he is acutely aware it could
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Dam break analysis report angers residents 7/30/2013 1:48:00 AM.

Local residents are infuriated by a dam break analysis report on the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in Central Hawke's Bay.Half of Waipawa's population of 2000 would be put at risk if the proposed $600 million dam was to fail in an earthquake,...

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),