M 6.1 in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 18 Feb 2013 12:19 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 122791
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 34.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.6821 , -178.127
Event Date: 18 Feb 2013 12:19 UTC
18 Feb 2013 00:19 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Feb 2013 12:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usc000f9p5 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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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),