M 5.9 in South Of Kermadec Islands on 25 Sep 2016 04:28 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: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -32.5456 , -177.4917
Event Date: 25 Sep 2016 04:28 UTC
24 Sep 2016 16:28 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10006shr
Inserted at: 25 Sep 2016 04:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006shr 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1141123 0 25 Sep 2016 04:28 5.9M, 10km N/A 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1141123 -32.546/-177.492 5.9 10 0 25 Sep 2016 04:56 00:27 (new episode)
2 0 1141123 -32.546/-177.492 5.9 10 0 25 Sep 2016 06:34 02:05 (upd of #1)
3 0 1141123 -32.546/-177.492 5.9 10 0 07 Nov 2016 06:52 43d 02:23 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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