M 4.6 in New Zealand on 16 Aug 2013 06:42 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 1002733
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 20.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.6913 , 174.2889
Event Date: 16 Aug 2013 06:42 UTC
16 Aug 2013 18:42 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Aug 2013 12:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb000j5uy 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Charcos de agua muy radioactiva en la central de Fukushima 8/20/2013 6:30:00 AM.

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.. 8/20/2013 6:23:00 AM.

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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TEPCO informa de que se han filtrado 120 litros de agua altamente radi.. 8/20/2013 6:20:00 AM.

La Compañía Eléctrica de Tokio (TEPCO) ha informado este lunes de que se han filtrado unos 120 litros de agua altamente radiactiva desde uno de los tanques ubicados alrededor del reactor número cuatro de la central nuclear de Fukushima-1.
Seúl pide explicaciones a Tokio por las continuas fugas de agua radiac.. 8/20/2013 6:20:00 AM.

Corea del Sur ha exigido a Japón explicaciones por las continuas fugas de agua radiactiva desde la central nuclear de Fukushima-1, con las que diariamente se vierten unas 300 toneladas de agua radiactiva al océano Pacífico.

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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),