M 5.5 in New Caledonia on 25 May 2023 10:39 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 1375632
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.2286 , 170.7972
Event Date: 25 May 2023 10:39 UTC
25 May 2023 21:39 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 25 May 2023 10:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000k3ps 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 237 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

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Geoscience Australia maintains a national map of known fault trees. “Wherever you see mountains, it’s a very good indication that you have a history of seismic activity,” Pascal said. He said there are about 30 to 40 earthquakes each week i
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She survived Turkey's deadly earthquake, but 4 months on, finding hope ... 2023-05-29T10:07+0200.

It took 4½ days for Özlem Ayna to be freed after a devastating earthquake left her pinned between her furniture and the concrete wreckage of her five-storey apartment building in Adiyaman, Turkey. But three months on, she still frequently f
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Turkish teen ‘expected to stay home and get married’ hopes to study in ... 2023-05-29T09:40+0200.

A Turkish teenager whose culture expects her to “stay at home and get married” has revealed her hopes to study for a degree in Perth. Deniz Kokcu, 17, from Gaziantep – near the Syrian border – says girls in her area are told to focus more o
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), WMO (1), INFORM (2),