M 5 in Samoa on 18 Jan 2018 04:18 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: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.2938 , -173.2694
Event Date: 18 Jan 2018 04:18 UTC
17 Jan 2018 16:18 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000ckn2
Inserted at: 18 Jan 2018 04:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Samoa)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000ckn2 Scaled population (vector) 2.02  
  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
1194638 0 18 Jan 2018 04:18 5M, 35km N/A 1 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 in Samoa , of Samoa (population 159,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 1100 people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Samoa Samoa 160000 people
American Samoa American Samoa 53000 people
Tonga Tonga 98000 people
Wallis & Futuna Wallis and Futuna 14000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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