M 4.5 in New Zealand on 16 Jun 2026 14:33 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 1546807
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 73.2 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.062 , 174.445
Event Date: 16 Jun 2026 14:33 UTC
17 Jun 2026 02:33 Local
Exposed Population:
650 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 16 Jun 2026 18:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000stea 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)

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