M 5.6 in New Caledonia on 30 Aug 2018 16:24 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: 16.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.2382 , 170.1552
Event Date: 30 Aug 2018 16:24 UTC
31 Aug 2018 03:24 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000h5hs
Inserted at: 30 Aug 2018 16:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000h5hs 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1226447 0 30 Aug 2018 16:24 5.6M, 16.58km 2.75 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 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
180000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1226447 -22.238/170.155 5.6 16.58 2.8 30 Aug 2018 16:42 00:17 (new episode)
2 0 1226447 -22.238/170.155 5.6 16.58 2.8 30 Aug 2018 18:31 02:06 (upd of #1)
3 0 1226447 -22.216/170.229 5.5 15.82 2.75 31 Aug 2018 17:31 1d 01:06 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Matthew Island New Caledonia 124 km

More information

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