M 4.6 in North Island, New Zealand on 29 Mar 2017 23:58 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: 7.46 Km
Lat/Lon: -38.8259 , 175.7458
Event Date: 29 Mar 2017 23:58 UTC
30 Mar 2017 12:58 Local
Exposed Population:
150000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008d6g
Inserted at: 30 Mar 2017 00:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008d6g 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
1162209 0 29 Mar 2017 23:58 4.6M, 7.46km N/A 160 thousand (in 100km) 00:49 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 160000 people
75 km 61000 people
50 km 32000 people
20 km 3900 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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