M 6.2 in South Of Kermadec Islands on 18 May 2018 01:45 UTC

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: 6.2M
Depth: 10.62 Km
Lat/Lon: -34.551 , -178.4162
Event Date: 18 May 2018 01:45 UTC
17 May 2018 13:45 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000e7qq
Inserted at: 18 May 2018 02:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us1000e7qq Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1211018 0 18 May 2018 01:45 6.2M, 10.62km 1.85 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:18 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 East Cape.

Radius Population
100 km no 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
East Cape New Zealand -
Bay of Plenty New Zealand -

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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