Overall Green Earthquake alert Off-shore on 03 Sep 2016 04:30 UTC

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M 5.3 Off-shore on 03 Sep 2016 04:30 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:	5.3M
Depth:	31.19 Km
Lat/Lon:	-37.5632 , 178.7072
Event Date:	03 Sep 2016 04:30 UTC 03 Sep 2016 16:30 Local
Exposed Population:	About 4339 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006jvi
Inserted at:	03 Sep 2016 05:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006jvi	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
1138800		0	03 Sep 2016 04:30	5.3M, 31.19km	N/A	4 thousand (in 100km)		00:29	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 New Zealand , County of East Cape. The nearest places are East Cape, Horoera, Te Araroa, Rangitukia, Hicks Bay, Tikitiki, Port Awanui, Whakaangiangi, Tuparoa, Ruatoria, and Te Puia.

Radius	Population
100 km	6100 people
75 km	3800 people
50 km	1100 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
East Cape	New Zealand	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
East Cape	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	22 km
Horoera	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	25 km
Te Araroa	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	33 km
Rangitukia	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	34 km
Hicks Bay	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	38 km
Tikitiki	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	39 km
Port Awanui	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	39 km
Whakaangiangi	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	40 km
Tuparoa	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	50 km
Ruatoria	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	51 km
Whareponga	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	55 km
Aorangi	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	62 km
Waipiro Bay	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	62 km
Waipiro	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	63 km
Whangaparaoa	Bay of Plenty	New Zealand	Village	-	64 km
Cape Runaway	Bay of Plenty	New Zealand	Village	-	65 km
Pakihiroa	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	67 km
Te Puia Springs	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	67 km
Te Puia	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	67 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
East Cape		New Zealand	22 km
Tokomaru		New Zealand	72 km

More information

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