M 5.1 in Australia on 14 Jul 2019 23:01 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: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.2789 , 120.2809
Event Date: 14 Jul 2019 23:01 UTC
15 Jul 2019 07:01 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70004k8e
Inserted at: 15 Jul 2019 22:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Australia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70004k8e 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1265425 0 14 Jul 2019 23:01 5.4M, 10km 4.54 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:16 NEIC
1265426 0 14 Jul 2019 23:01 5.5M, 10km 4.63 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:04 NEIC
1265529 0 14 Jul 2019 23:01 5.1M, 10km 4.63 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 23:41 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 Australia ,of Western Australia. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1265425 -18.263/120.295 5.4 10.0 4.544 14 Jul 2019 23:21 00:19 (new episode)
2 0 1265426 -18.263/120.295 5.4 10.0 4.544 14 Jul 2019 23:27 00:25 (new episode)
3 0 1265426 -18.251/120.283 5.5 10.0 4.626 14 Jul 2019 23:30 00:28 (upd of #2)
4 0 1265426 -18.251/120.283 5.5 10.0 4.626 15 Jul 2019 01:05 02:04 (upd of #3)
5 0 1265529 -18.251/120.283 5.5 10.0 4.626 15 Jul 2019 22:42 23:41 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Western Australia Australia no people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.