M 5.2 in North Island, New Zealand on 02 Feb 2017 05:05 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: 5.2M
Depth: 64.97 Km
Lat/Lon: -38.0705 , 177.8298
Event Date: 02 Feb 2017 05:05 UTC
02 Feb 2017 18:05 Local
Exposed Population:
About 76000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20008ftt
Inserted at: 02 Feb 2017 05:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008ftt 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
1156007 0 02 Feb 2017 05:05 5.2M, 64.97km N/A 80 thousand (in 100km) 00:24 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 76000 people
75 km 52000 people
50 km 4900 people
20 km <1000 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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