M 5.9 in Kermadec Islands Region on 05 Mar 2021 20:26 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 1258984
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 11 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.1975 , -176.9939
Event Date: 05 Mar 2021 20:26 UTC
05 Mar 2021 08:26 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2021 21:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dg5x Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 423 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Whakatōhea organise hui to help Ōpōtiki whānau feel prepared in an eme ... Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:51:00 +0100.

At the end of last week a severe earthquake near the Kermadec Islands sparked tsunami alerts around the Pacific and left thousands of New Zealanders fleeing to higher ground. It was a second warning for those from Te Tairāwhiti who fled to
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Whakatōhea organise hui to help Ōpōtiki whānau feel prepared in an eme ... Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:49:00 +0100.

At the end of last week a severe earthquake near the Kermadec Islands sparked tsunami alerts around the Pacific and left thousands of New Zealanders fleeing to higher ground. It was a second warning for those from Te Tairāwhiti who fled to
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Séisme en Nouvelle-Zélande – Un énorme séisme de magnitude 6,6 jours a ... Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:29:00 +0100.

La NOUVELLE ZELANDE a été secouée par un puissant tremblement de terre de magnitude 6,6 juste au large de sa côte est, quelques jours après qu’une série de termors a déclenché une alerte au tsunami et des évacuations massives. Un certain no
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¡Noticias de última hora! Nueva Zelanda es golpeada por un terremoto d ... Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:23:00 +0100.

Suara.com – Nueva Zelanda está sacudida por un terremoto de 6,6 en la escala de Richter frente a su costa este. Este incidente fue solo días después de una serie de terremotos en la misma zona, lo que generó temores de un tsunami y una evac
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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),