M 5.1 in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 20 Jan 2022 13:03 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 1306756
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 20.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.6904 , -178.0302
Event Date: 20 Jan 2022 13:03 UTC
20 Jan 2022 01:03 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jan 2022 13:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gdin Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 411 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Ice-wall coolant leaks from Japan's Fukushima nuke plant2022-01-24T12:33+0100.

Tokyo The coolant was used to create an ice wall refraining groundwater from seeping into reactor buildings, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO). The company's spokesperson Tsuyoshi Shiraishi said about four
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Caritas Tonga: 'Ashes everywhere, drinking water most urgent emergency ... 2022-01-24T12:13+0100.

Thanks to a satellite phone that arrived on site, the Caritas network of Oceania managed to re-establish communication with the workers in Tongatapu isolated after the eruption of the underwater volcano. The death toll of three people has b
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UN coordinator in Tonga: ‘Resources on the ground are not enough’2022-01-24T11:59+0100.

As news coverage of the eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade away, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the country has a message to the outside world: Tonga’s people are going to need sustained support responding to
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UK aid heads to Tonga as Pacific nation continues the clean-up…2022-01-24T11:59+0100.

UK-funded aid is being sent to Tonga, almost a week after parts of the island nation were devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami. The Australian naval ship HMAS Adelaide was expected to set sail on Friday carrying British aid, includ
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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), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),