M 5.5 in South Of Kermadec Islands on 18 Jun 2020 16:11 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 1222786
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -33.3 , -177.9534
Event Date: 18 Jun 2020 16:11 UTC
18 Jun 2020 04:11 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jun 2020 14:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000aea8 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 137 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

New training to help SA emergency workers in regional areas respond to ... Mon, 22 Jun 2020 06:38:00 +0200.

First responders in South Australia's south east are being trained to provide world-class search and rescue operations in the event of a major disaster in the region, or internationally. Key points: Emergency personnel from the MFS, SES, SA
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New training to help SA emergency workers in regional areas respond to ... Mon, 22 Jun 2020 06:37:00 +0200.

First responders in South Australia's south east are being trained to provide world-class search and rescue operations in the event of a major disaster in the region, or internationally. Key points: Emergency personnel from the MFS, SES, SA
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Mount Merapi eruption unlikely to affect Malaysia’s air quality - MetM ... Mon, 22 Jun 2020 03:41:00 +0200.

This handout photo taken and released on June 21, 2020 by Indonesia’s Research and Technology Development for Geological Hazard Mitigation (BPPTKG) shows the Merapi Mount volcano spewing thick smoke into the air as seen from Yogyakarta. — A
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MetMalaysia: Mt Merapi eruption unlikely to affect Malaysia’s air qual ... Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:48:00 +0200.

This handout picture taken and released on March 27, 2020 by Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) shows volcano spewing thick volcanic ash as seen from Yogyakarta. — Handout / BNPB / AFP pic. KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — Malaysia’s air
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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),