M 5.8 in Kermadec Islands Region on 27 Apr 2021 16:33 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 1266584
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.1146 , -176.8353
Event Date: 27 Apr 2021 16:33 UTC
27 Apr 2021 04:33 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Apr 2021 18:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dxxy Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 52 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake, Tsunami Hazards Captivate East Coast Schoolkids In New Roa ... Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:45:00 +0200.

The school roadshow developed by East Coast LAB (Life at the Boundary) and delivered by an educator from the National Aquarium of New Zealand will visit 10 schools from Tairāwhiti down to Wellington. The roadshow is funded by the Earthquake
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Ocean Sensors Record Rare Triple Tsunami near New ZealandThu, 29 Apr 2021 14:38:00 +0200.

25 mins ago In tsunami-prone regions, an earthquake is a cue to head to higher ground. But deadly waves can still be on the way if a temblor is felt only weakly—or not at all. Now, researchers working in the southwestern Pacific Ocean have
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Widespread flooding hits Mauritius after two months' worth of rain in ... Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:45:00 +0200.

Flash flooding spread through southeast Mauritius on Friday, April 16, 2021, damaging homes and leaving many people stranded on roads. Up to 408 mm (16 inches) of rain was registered in Plaisance, which is twice the average April rain for t
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Peter Mungo Jupp: The Black Death and Cosmic ChaosWed, 14 Apr 2021 14:27:00 +0200.

Archaeologist and Thunderbolts colleague Peter Mungo Jupp presents a radical idea that civilization-destroying plagues may be governed by electromagnetism such as cosmic rays. Nature often uses triggers based on hard to pinpoint factors whe
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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), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),