M 5.7 in South Of Kermadec Islands on 11 May 2019 16:06 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 1179177
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -34.7278 , -179.9887
Event Date: 11 May 2019 16:06 UTC
11 May 2019 04:06 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 May 2019 16:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70003jtm Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 184 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

20.373 Visitas · Terremoto 7,5 sacudió a Papúa Nueva Guinea en el Pací ... Wed, 15 May 2019 15:18:00 +0200.

Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 7,5 sacudió a Papúa Nueva Guinea , en la región suroeste del océano Pacífico, este martes a las 08:19 (hora de Chile), informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS), lo que provocó una alerta ante un pos
...(more)
Powerful quake rattles residents on Papua New Guinea islandWed, 15 May 2019 10:54:00 +0200.

A violent 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck an island chain off the north coast of Papua New Guinea late Tuesday, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for safety. The shallow quake occurred around 11pm (1300 GMT), some 44 kilometr
...(more)
Assessment teams deployed after massive Papua New Guinea quake - The M ... Wed, 15 May 2019 09:09:00 +0200.

KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea dispatched assessment teams Wednesday to get a full picture of the damage caused by a violent 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck an island chain off the north coast overnight. An Agence France-Pr
...(more)
Strong earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea anewWed, 15 May 2019 09:02:00 +0200.

SYDNEY -- An earthquake measuring 7.7-magnitude struck some 45 km northeast of Kokopo, in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The shallow earthquake, which hit at a depth of
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),