M 5.9 in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 21 Jun 2021 11:14 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 1274033
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 28.72 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.2809 , -177.4898
Event Date: 21 Jun 2021 11:14 UTC
20 Jun 2021 23:14 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jun 2021 22:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000eewi Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 7 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Un séisme sous-marin peu profond de magnitude 6.3 frappe les îles Kerm ... Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:28:00 +0200.

Un tremblement de terre fort et peu profond de magnitude 6.3 a été enregistré par l'USGS dans la région des îles Kermadec à 17h05 UTC le 20 juin 2021. L'agence fait état d'une profondeur de 10 km . L'épicentre était situé à 937 km au NE de
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Strong earthquake shakes New Zealand's Kermadec IslandsSun, 20 Jun 2021 23:38:00 +0200.

Hong Kong, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jun, 2021 ) :A magnitude 6.3 shook the area around New Zealand 's Kermadec Islands early Monday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake, which struck at 1705 GMT Sunday , had an epice
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6.7-magnitude quake hits NZ´s Kermadec Islands An earthquake with a ma ... Sun, 20 Jun 2021 23:13:00 +0200.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of New Zealand launched the third consecutive tsunami warning on March 5, 2021 after an 8-magnitude quake at the Kermadec Islands. Photo: Skykiwi/Handout via Xinhua. An earthquake with a magn
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Strong and shallow M6.3 earthquake hits Kermadec Islands, New ZealandSun, 20 Jun 2021 22:04:00 +0200.

A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 hit the Kermadec Islands region at 17:05 UTC on June 20, 2021. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. The epicente
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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),