M 4.8 in New Zealand on 01 Aug 2026 03:23 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 1555445
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 112.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -45.0973 , 167.3746
Event Date: 01 Aug 2026 03:23 UTC
01 Aug 2026 15:23 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2026 03:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000the7 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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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Latest media headlines

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5.2 magnitude quake reported near New Zealand''s Te Anau 8/1/2026 6:04:00 AM.

WELLINGTON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- A magnitude-5.2 earthquake struck 35 km northwest of Te Anau on New Zealand''s South Island at 3:23 p.m. local time on Saturday, the country''s earthquake monitoring agency reported. The quake''s epicenter, wi
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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),