M 6.3 in Kermadec Islands Region on 14 Mar 2020 10:01 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: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -27.4196 , -175.6847
Event Date: 14 Mar 2020 10:01 UTC
13 Mar 2020 22:01 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60008fl8
Inserted at: 15 Mar 2020 10:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us60008fl8 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  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
1300575 0 14 Mar 2020 10:01 6.7M, 27.3km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:09 PTWC
1300577 0 14 Mar 2020 10:01 6.7M, 27km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:11 NTWC
1300579 0 14 Mar 2020 10:01 6.3M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 1d 00:03 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 1300579 -27.42/-175.685 6.3 10.0 None 14 Mar 2020 10:21 00:20 (new episode)
2 0 1300579 -27.42/-175.685 6.3 10.0 None 14 Mar 2020 10:30 00:29 (upd of #1)
3 0 1300579 -27.42/-175.685 6.3 10.0 None 14 Mar 2020 12:04 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1300579 -27.42/-175.685 6.3 10.0 None 15 Mar 2020 10:04 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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