M 5.5 in Wallis and Futuna on 16 Jun 2018 03:23 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.2492 , -177.6084
Event Date: 16 Jun 2018 03:23 UTC
15 Jun 2018 15:23 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000eszl
Inserted at: 16 Jun 2018 03:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Wallis & Futuna)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000eszl 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
1214648 0 16 Jun 2018 03:23 5.5M, 10km 3.03 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 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 Wallis and Futuna , of Wallis & Futuna (population 14,000) .

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
Wallis & Futuna Wallis and Futuna 14000 people
Fiji Fiji 760000 people
Tonga Tonga 98000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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