M 5.6 in Kermadec Islands Region on 24 Oct 2019 19:14 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: 81.76 Km
Lat/Lon: -28.6292 , -177.0002
Event Date: 24 Oct 2019 19:14 UTC
24 Oct 2019 07:14 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us600062n7
Inserted at: 25 Oct 2019 19:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us600062n7 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
1275950 0 24 Oct 2019 19:14 5.8M, 35km 3.28 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 NEIC
1275951 0 24 Oct 2019 19:14 5.4M, 86.23km 3.47 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:32 NEIC
1275952 0 24 Oct 2019 19:14 5.6M, 81.76km 3.56 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:02 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 1275950 -28.647/-176.908 5.8 35.0 3.285 24 Oct 2019 19:36 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1275951 -28.647/-176.908 5.8 35.0 3.285 24 Oct 2019 19:39 00:25 (new episode)
3 0 1275951 -28.672/-177.036 5.4 86.2 3.47 24 Oct 2019 19:47 00:32 (upd of #2)
4 0 1275952 -28.672/-177.036 5.4 86.2 3.47 24 Oct 2019 19:50 00:36 (new episode)
5 0 1275952 -28.629/-177 5.6 81.8 3.565 24 Oct 2019 19:57 00:43 (upd of #4)
6 0 1275952 -28.629/-177 5.6 81.8 3.565 24 Oct 2019 21:17 02:03 (upd of #5)
7 0 1275952 -28.629/-177 5.6 81.8 3.565 25 Oct 2019 19:16 1d 00:02 (upd of #6)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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