M 4.7 in New Zealand on 21 Jul 2013 12:39 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 1000588
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 12.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.6769 , 174.3564
Event Date: 21 Jul 2013 12:39 UTC
22 Jul 2013 00:39 Local
Exposed Population:
427599 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2013 15:17 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
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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),