M 5 Off-shore on 24 Dec 2012 23:24 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.6751 , 147.09
Event Date: 24 Dec 2012 23:24 UTC
25 Dec 2012 09:24 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000efrf
Inserted at: 25 Dec 2012 00:01 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000efrf Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
121602 0.5 24 Dec 2012 23:24 5M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:36 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.

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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