M 5.8 in Australia on 16 Dec 2018 14:26 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: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.327 , 112.4851
Event Date: 16 Dec 2018 14:26 UTC
16 Dec 2018 21:26 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000iu4a
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2018 15:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Australia)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000iu4a Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  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
1241354 0 16 Dec 2018 14:26 5.6M, 10km 4.65 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 NEIC
1241368 0 16 Dec 2018 14:26 5.8M, 10km 5.25 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:08 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 Australia , State of Western Australia (population 1,655,588) .

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
Western Australia Australia 1.7 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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