M 5.1 in Southwest Indian Ridge on 02 Jan 2017 00:13 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: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -35.6711 , 51.8688
Event Date: 02 Jan 2017 00:13 UTC
02 Jan 2017 03:13 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007p5d
Inserted at: 02 Jan 2017 00:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007p5d Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1152610 0 02 Jan 2017 00:13 5.1M, 15.52km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:23 NEIC
1152613 0 02 Jan 2017 00:13 5.1M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:35 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 no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no 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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