M 5.5 in New Caledonia on 05 Dec 2018 21:32 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 1164464
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.769 , 169.7314
Event Date: 05 Dec 2018 21:32 UTC
06 Dec 2018 08:32 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Dec 2018 21:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000i32q Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 398 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

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High cost keeps down earthquake insurance coverage in AlaskaSun, 09 Dec 2018 17:28:00 +0100.

Alaska has plenty of earthquakes but that doesn't translate into buying earthquake insurance. The Anchorage Daily News reports the high cost of earthquake insurance contributes to low coverage of Alaska homes. State Division of Insurance di
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High cost keeps down earthquake insurance coverage in AlaskaSun, 09 Dec 2018 17:09:00 +0100.

Alaska has plenty of earthquakes but that doesn't translate into buying earthquake insurance. The Anchorage Daily News reports the high cost of earthquake insurance contributes to low coverage of Alaska homes. State Division of Insurance di
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High cost keeps down earthquake insurance coverage in AlaskaSun, 09 Dec 2018 17:08:00 +0100.

Alaska has plenty of earthquakes but that doesn't translate into buying earthquake insurance. The Anchorage Daily News reports the high cost of earthquake insurance contributes to low coverage of Alaska homes. State Division of Insurance di
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), WMO (1), INFORM (2),