Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 29 Apr 2016 01:01 UTC

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M 4.9 in Vanuatu on 29 Apr 2016 01:01 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:	4.9M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	-16.1004 , 167.2661
Event Date:	29 Apr 2016 01:01 UTC 29 Apr 2016 12:01 Local
Exposed Population:	About 63599 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	29 Apr 2016 01:21 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
1126848		0	29 Apr 2016 01:01	4.9M, 35km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

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 Vanuatu , of Vanuatu (population 165,000) . The nearest places are Laruru, Amokh, Ellarmo, Laravet, Vinmavis, Norsup, Tenmaru, Katbol, Vao, Brenwe, and Lakatoro.

Radius	Population
100 km	64000 people
75 km	45000 people
50 km	16000 people
20 km	6200 people
10 km	1900 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	170000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Brenwe	Vanuatu	Village	-	4 km
Amokh	Vanuatu	Village	-	6 km
Ellarmo	Vanuatu	Village	-	7 km
Maï¿½	Vanuatu	Village	-	11 km
Tenmaru	Vanuatu	Village	-	12 km
Laravet	Vanuatu	Village	-	14 km
Norsup	Vanuatu	Village	3000 people	14 km
Lakatoro	Vanuatu	Village	<1000 people	15 km
Vinmavis	Vanuatu	Village	-	20 km
Laruru	Vanuatu	Village	-	22 km
Katbol	Vanuatu	Village	-	23 km
Vao	Vanuatu	Village	-	23 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
Big Bay	GBA	unknown					10 km
Craig Cove	CCV	unknown					27 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Santo	VUSAN	Vanuatu	66 km
Port Sandwich	VUPSA	Vanuatu	67 km
Palikoulo Bay		Vanuatu	68 km

More information

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