M 4.5 in New Zealand on 02 Jun 2026 06:38 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 1543782
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 66.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.036 , 174.4781
Event Date: 02 Jun 2026 06:38 UTC
02 Jun 2026 18:38 Local
Exposed Population:
670 thousand in MMI>=III
Inserted at: 02 Jun 2026 07:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000sq0j Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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.

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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),