Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Zealand on 01 Mar 2017 16:17 UTC

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M 4.5 in New Zealand on 01 Mar 2017 16:17 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:	4.5M
Depth:	10.83 Km
Lat/Lon:	-43.051 , 173.2251
Event Date:	01 Mar 2017 16:17 UTC 02 Mar 2017 05:17 Local
Exposed Population:	400000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us100085zw
Inserted at:	02 Mar 2017 04:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us100085zw	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1159216		0	01 Mar 2017 16:17	4.5M, 10.83km	N/A	400 thousand (in 100km)		12:12	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 Canterbury. The nearest places are Port Robinson, Domett, Ethelton, Motunau, Scargill, Mina, Cheviot, Omihi, Phoebe, Spotswood, and Christchurch.

Radius	Population
100 km	400000 people
75 km	37000 people
50 km	5200 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Canterbury	New Zealand	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Port Robinson	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	20 km
Domett	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	21 km
Ethelton	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	22 km
Motunau	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	23 km
Scargill	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	26 km
Mina	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	26 km
Cheviot	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	27 km
Omihi	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	30 km
Phoebe	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	32 km
Spotswood	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	35 km
Waipara	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	37 km
Parnassus	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	38 km
Amberley	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	1100 people	42 km
Leithfield	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	42 km
Culverden	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	43 km
Waikari	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	44 km
Hawkswood	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	45 km
Hawkeswood	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	45 km
Rotherham	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	45 km
Waiau	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	46 km
Balcairn	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	46 km
Waikuku Beach	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	49 km
Medbury	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	49 km
Hawarden	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	49 km
Sefton	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	50 km
Waikuku	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	52 km
Hundalee	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	53 km
Woodend	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	3000 people	54 km
Masons Flat	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	55 km
Tuahiwi	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	56 km
Ashley	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	57 km
Rangiora	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	12000 people	59 km
Kaiapoi	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	11000 people	59 km
Southbrook	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	59 km
Flaxton	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	59 km
Loburn	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	60 km
North Loburn	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	61 km
Wetheral	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	62 km
Clarkville	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	63 km
Fernside	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	63 km
Ohoka	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	63 km
Chaneys	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	63 km
Oaro	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	64 km
Ouruhia	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	64 km
Coutts Island	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	64 km
New Brighton	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	65 km
Belfast	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	65 km
Marshland	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	66 km
Burwood	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	66 km
Mandeville North	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	67 km
Hammer	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	67 km
Aranui	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	67 km
Hanmer	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	67 km
Goose Bay	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	68 km
Bromley	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	69 km
Redcliffs	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	69 km
Christchurch	Canterbury	New Zealand	Major city	360000 people	71 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Christchurch International	CHC	37	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10700	74 km
Wigram	ZWG	23	Civ.	Paved	No	5100	78 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Rangiora		New Zealand	52 km
Christchurch	NZCHC	New Zealand	70 km
Lyttelton	NZLYT	New Zealand	74 km
Kaikoura	NZKBZ	New Zealand	81 km
Akaroa	NZAKA	New Zealand	86 km

More information

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