M 6.9 in Kermadec Islands Region on 10 Sep 2018 04:19 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 1156278
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 111.05 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.8419 , -179.3335
Event Date: 10 Sep 2018 04:19 UTC
09 Sep 2018 16:19 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Sep 2018 04:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us2000hbpv Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 39 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,9 sacude el norte de Nueva ZelandaMon, 10 Sep 2018 21:28:00 +0200.

Bangkok.- Un terremoto de magnitud 6,9 sacudió hoy el archipiélago de Kermadec, situado al norte de Nueva Zelanda, sin que las autoridades informaran inicialmente de víctimas o daños, o se emitiera una alerta de tsunami. El Servicio Geológi
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Strong quake in NZMon, 10 Sep 2018 20:35:00 +0200.

A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand’s remote Kermadec Islands yesterday but authorities said there was no tsunami threat. The quake struck at 4:19pm (0419GMT) at a depth of 111 kilometers, with its epicenter 770 kilometers
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Un terremoto de magnitud 6.9 sacude el norte de Nueva Zelanda; hasta e ... Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:49:00 +0200.

Terremoto de magnitud 6.9 sacude el norte de Nueva Zelanda. (Archivo) Un terremoto de magnitud 6,9 sacudió este lunes el archipiélago de Kermadec, situado al norte de Nueva Zelanda , sin que las autoridades informaran inicialmente de vícti
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Un terremoto de magnitud 6,9 sacude el norte de Nueva ZelandaMon, 10 Sep 2018 15:38:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,9 sacudió hoy el archipiélago de Kermadec, situado al norte de Nueva Zelanda , sin que las autoridades informaran inicialmente de víctimas o daños, o se emitiera una alerta de tsunami. El Servicio Geológico de Est
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (2), NOAA (1),