Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Zealand on 04 May 2015 02:29 UTC

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M 5.6 in New Zealand on 04 May 2015 02:29 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-44.5294 , 168.8557
Event Date:	04 May 2015 02:29 UTC 04 May 2015 14:29 Local
Exposed Population:	About 34000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	04 May 2015 02:49 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1078816		0	04 May 2015 02:29	5.6M, 10km	6.22	30 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC

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The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in New Zealand , County of Otago. The nearest places are and Dunedin.

Radius	Population
100 km	35000 people
75 km	26000 people
50 km	18000 people
20 km	1100 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Otago	New Zealand	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dunedin	Otago	New Zealand	Major city	110000 people	198 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Wanaka	WKA	348	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	39 km
Queenstown	ZQN	358	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6200	54 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Jackson		New Zealand	62 km
Milford Sound		New Zealand	76 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Hawea	Hawea Lake Control	Hawea	1959	34 km

More information

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