M 5.1 in Off E. Coast Of N. Island, N.Z. on 09 May 2017 06:19 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: 54.62 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.8022 , 177.7293
Event Date: 09 May 2017 06:19 UTC
09 May 2017 18:19 Local
Exposed Population:
About 57000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008qpz
Inserted at: 09 May 2017 06:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008qpz 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
1167088 0 09 May 2017 06:19 5.1M, 54.62km N/A 60 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 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 57000 people
75 km 14000 people
50 km 3600 people
20 km 1500 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 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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