M 6.2 in South Of Kermadec Islands on 07 Sep 2015 14:06 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 1064917
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -32.8662 , -177.6801
Event Date: 07 Sep 2015 14:06 UTC
07 Sep 2015 02:06 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Sep 2015 14:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 240 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Japan: Aftermath of tsunami-like floods that left at least 3 dead and ... Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:59:00 +0200.

At least three people have died and 23 are missing after floods swept houses off their foundations and crushed them under landslides across Japan, forcing more than 100,000 to flee. The waters are slowly retreating in the worst-hit city of
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Naturkatastrophe in JapanFri, 11 Sep 2015 13:49:00 +0200.

Bei der verheerenden Flutkatastrophe im Osten Japans sind mindestens drei Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Rettungskräfte suchten am Freitag in der überschwemmten Stadt Joso in der Provinz Ibaraki weiter nach 23 Vermissten, darunter zwei achtjä
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Japon: 3 morts, au moins 26 disparus dans des inondationsFri, 11 Sep 2015 13:46:00 +0200.

Joso (Japon) (AFP) Des milliers de sauveteurs étaient mobilisés vendredi au nord de Tokyo pour venir en aide à des centaines d'habitants prisonniers des eaux et retrouver au moins 26 disparus après des pluies diluviennes qui ont déjà provoq
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Search For Missing As Japan Flooding SpreadsFri, 11 Sep 2015 13:46:00 +0200.

Trees were toppled and houses washed away - sometimes with their owners still inside. Hisako Sekimoto spent the night on the second floor of her flooded house with her husband and three cats before being rescued by a military helicopter ear
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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 (2), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),