Overall Green Earthquake alert in Wallis and Futuna on 17 Sep 2020 17:01 UTC

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M 5.6 in Wallis and Futuna on 17 Sep 2020 17:01 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-16.5089 , -177.2759
Event Date:	17 Sep 2020 17:01 UTC 17 Sep 2020 05:01 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000bphn
Inserted at:	18 Sep 2020 17:05 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
us7000bphn	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1333325		0	17 Sep 2020 17:01	5.4M, 12.51km	2.97	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	NEIC
1333329		0	17 Sep 2020 17:01	5.6M, 10km	3.12	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:04	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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