Overall Green Earthquake alert in North Island, New Zealand on 22 Dec 2016 22:50 UTC

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M 4.6 in North Island, New Zealand on 22 Dec 2016 22:50 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 1101563
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	174.97 Km
Lat/Lon:	-38.3049 , 176.0481
Event Date:	22 Dec 2016 22:50 UTC 23 Dec 2016 11:50 Local
Exposed Population:	413236 people within 100km
Inserted at:	22 Dec 2016 23:23 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-1		-1
us10007m52	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Articles: 952 | About casualties: 37 | Last hour: 0

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Gangamma jatara a big drawMon, 26 Dec 2016 22:07:00 +0100.

Balancing turmeric-smeared steel pots brimming with water, milk and flowers and a lid consisting of a set of puja paraphernalia on their heads, women of Peda Jalaripeta headed towards the sea to offer prayers to goddess Ganga on Monday. Wom

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Indonesians mark tsunami 12 years ago with prayersMon, 26 Dec 2016 22:06:00 +0100.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Thousands of Indonesians prayed for their loved ones at mass graves and mosques on Monday to mark a tsunami which devastated Aceh province 12 years ago today, one of the worst natural disasters in human history. Some

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Bachelet evalúa zona sur de Chile afectada por el sismoMon, 26 Dec 2016 21:55:00 +0100.

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