M 5.6 in Kermadec Islands Region on 06 Dec 2021 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 1300206
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -28.9366 , -175.8773
Event Date: 06 Dec 2021 04:19 UTC
05 Dec 2021 16:19 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2021 04:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000g9e3 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Pacific-wide tsunami warning issued following New Zealand quakes2021-12-07T06:23+0100.

A Pacific-wide tsunami alert was issued Friday after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck near New Zealand's remote Kermadec islands – the third powerful quake to hit the region in a day. New Zealand ordered coastal evacuations as the Pacific
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),