Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 07 Apr 2016 03:32 UTC

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M 6.7 in Vanuatu on 07 Apr 2016 03:32 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:	6.7M
Depth:	26.79 Km
Lat/Lon:	-13.9942 , 166.5711
Event Date:	07 Apr 2016 03:32 UTC 07 Apr 2016 14:32 Local
Exposed Population:	About 4000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	07 Apr 2016 04:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.1		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0.07m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1124452	0.1	07 Apr 2016 03:32	6.9M, 33km	N/A	7 thousand (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:22)	00:12	NTWC
1124460	0.5	07 Apr 2016 03:32	6.9M, 32.79km	N/A	4 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:21)	00:21	NEIC
1124462	0.5	07 Apr 2016 03:32	6.7M, 26.79km	5.17	4 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:19)	00:42	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 Vanuatu , of Vanuatu (population 165,000) .

Radius	Population
100 km	4300 people
75 km	<1000 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
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	170000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Torres	TOH	unknown					76 km
Olpoi Nw Santo	OLJ	unknown					96 km

More information

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