M 5.6 in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 02 Aug 2021 01:27 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 1279759
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.4171 , -177.8163
Event Date: 02 Aug 2021 01:27 UTC
01 Aug 2021 13:27 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Aug 2021 02:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000f1cn 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: 11 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Nouvelle-Zélande: Un séisme d’une magnitude de 5,62021-08-02T12:22+0200.

Un fort tremblement de terre d’une magnitude de 5,6 sur l’échelle de Richter a frappé lundi les îles Kermadec, en Nouvelle-Zélande. Selon le US Geological Survey, le séisme s’est produit à la latitude (30,417 sud) et à la longitude (177,816
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Kermadec Islands, New Zealand2021-08-02T05:24+0200.

HONG KONG, Aug 2 -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at 01:27:36 GMT (1.27 pm local time) on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially det
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Flooding not expected in NZ after Alaska earthquake: Civil Defence2021-07-29T10:38+0200.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and its scientific advisors are still assessing whether any other tsunami activity, like strong or unusual currents and unpredictable surges at shorelines are likely. "People do not need to
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Terremoto oggi in Toscana, 24 luglio 2021: scossa M 2.3 in provincia d ... 2021-07-24T23:26+0200.

Terremoto oggi, in serata scossa M 2.3 in provincia di Pisa. L’ Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia ha registrato una scossa di terremoto in Toscana nella serata di oggi , sabato 24 luglio 2021: alle 20:40 un sisma di magnitudo 2
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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