M 5.8 in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 17 Jan 2018 22:56 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: 5.8M
Depth: 30.82 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.0875 , -177.7627
Event Date: 17 Jan 2018 22:56 UTC
17 Jan 2018 10:56 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000ckj1
Inserted at: 17 Jan 2018 23:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000ckj1 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1194610 0 17 Jan 2018 22:56 5.8M, 30.82km 3.78 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 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


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1194610 -30.088/-177.763 5.8 30.82 3.58 17 Jan 2018 23:18 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1194610 -30.088/-177.763 5.8 30.82 3.84 18 Jan 2018 00:58 02:01 (upd of #1)
3 0 1194610 -30.025/-177.743 5.8 41.51 3.78 14 Mar 2018 07:59 55d 09:02 (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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