M 5 in Off E. Coast Of N. Island, N.Z. on 06 Jan 2017 16:46 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: 5.0M
Depth: 58.41 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.8729 , 177.7094
Event Date: 06 Jan 2017 16:46 UTC
07 Jan 2017 05:46 Local
Exposed Population:
About 78000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007rqs
Inserted at: 06 Jan 2017 17:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007rqs 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
1153194 0 06 Jan 2017 16:46 5M, 58.41km N/A 80 thousand (in 100km) 00:17 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 78000 people
75 km 16000 people
50 km 6400 people
20 km 1300 people
10 km <1000 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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