M 7.5 in New Caledonia on 05 Dec 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: 7.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.9685 , 169.4464
Event Date: 05 Dec 2018 04:18 UTC
05 Dec 2018 15:18 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000i2gt
Inserted at: 05 Dec 2018 04:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.4 0.5
us1000i2gt Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0.32m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.47m  
  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
1239805 0.5 05 Dec 2018 04:18 7.6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.4m (at 02:02) 00:07 PTWC
1239808 0.5 05 Dec 2018 04:18 7.6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.6m (at 02:02) 00:10 NTWC    
1239817 0.5 05 Dec 2018 04:18 7.5M, 10km 6.22 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.5m (at 00:46) 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 in New Caledonia , of New Caledonia (population 178,000) .

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
New Caledonia New Caledonia 180000 people
Vanuatu Vanuatu 170000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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