Overall Green Earthquake in South Of Kermadec Islands on 05 Aug 2026 07:43 UTC

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M 6.3 in South Of Kermadec Islands on 05 Aug 2026 07:43 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 1556246
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.3M
Depth:	226.1 Km
Lat/Lon:	-33.8063 , 179.4727
Event Date:	05 Aug 2026 07:43 UTC 05 Aug 2026 19:43 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at:	05 Aug 2026 08:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 ()

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us6000ti8i	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	0	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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