M 5.7 in New Zealand on 24 Jul 2026 16:51 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 1553807
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -38.9621 , 175.2332
Event Date: 24 Jul 2026 16:51 UTC
25 Jul 2026 04:51 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 24 Jul 2026 17:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t34g Scaled population (raster) 1.04  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.63  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

5.7-magnitude quake hits 49 km W of Turangi, New Zealand -- USGS 7/24/2026 5:30:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 49 km W of Turangi, New Zealand at 1651 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 38.96
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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes North Island of New Zealand region, E.. 7/24/2026 5:20:00 PM.

July 24 (Reuters) – A ?magnitude ?5.8 earthquake struck ?the North ?Island ?of New ?Zealand region on Friday, ?the ?European-Mediterranean ?Seismological ?Centre said. The ?quake was ?at a depth ?of 10 km (6.21 ?miles), ?EMSC ?said. (Report
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(Refiles to change day ?in ?the first paragraph) July ?25 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake ?struck ?the North Island of ?New Zealand ?region ?on Saturday, ?the ?European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at ?a ?de
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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), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),