M 4.6 in North Island, New Zealand on 16 Nov 2016 09:15 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: 4.6M
Depth: 20.42 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.4523 , 175.8993
Event Date: 16 Nov 2016 09:15 UTC
16 Nov 2016 22:15 Local
Exposed Population:
About 64500 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us100078qy
Inserted at: 16 Nov 2016 09:38 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100078qy 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1147048 0 16 Nov 2016 09:15 4.6M, 20.42km N/A 60 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 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 off shore.

Radius Population
100 km 65000 people
75 km 40000 people
50 km 3400 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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