Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Zealand on 16 Nov 2014 22:33 UTC

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M 6.7 in New Zealand on 16 Nov 2014 22:33 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:	6.7M
Depth:	22 Km
Lat/Lon:	-37.68 , 179.69
Event Date:	16 Nov 2014 22:33 UTC 17 Nov 2014 10:33 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	17 Nov 2014 01:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake	Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0	0.1		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	Max wave realtime	0.08m
	C2 earthquake
	Country Vulnerability
	INFORM_normalised

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1064844	0.5	16 Nov 2014 22:33	6.6M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:54)	00:07	GEOFON
1064848	0.5	16 Nov 2014 22:33	6.7M, 33km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:58)	00:11	NEIC
1064849	0.5	16 Nov 2014 22:33	6.7M, 33km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:58)	00:11	USGS
1064854	0.5	16 Nov 2014 22:33	6.7M, 35km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:58)	00:14	NEIC
1064867	0.5	16 Nov 2014 22:33	6.7M, 35km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:58)	01:41	NEIC
1064879	0.5	16 Nov 2014 22:33	6.7M, 22km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:26)	03:11	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 New Zealand ,of East Cape (population 23,312) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1064879	-37.68/179.69	6.7	22	0	17 Oct 2016 10:15	700d 11:42	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	East Cape	New Zealand	23000 people
	Bay of Plenty	New Zealand	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Horoera	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	108 km
Tikitiki	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	114 km
Te Araroa	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	117 km
Tuparoa	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	118 km
Whareponga	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	120 km
Whakaangiangi	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	122 km
Ruatoria	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	123 km
Hicks Bay	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	123 km
Waipiro	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	126 km
Te Puia	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	129 km
Tokomaru Bay	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	131 km
Aorangi	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	132 km
Mangatuna	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	142 km
Tolaga Bay	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	145 km
Whangaparaoa	Bay of Plenty	New Zealand	Village	-	150 km
Waihau Bay	Bay of Plenty	New Zealand	Village	-	157 km
Whangara	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	162 km
Hexton	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	182 km
Ormond	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	-	183 km
Patutahi	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	189 km
Manutuke	Gisborne	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	191 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Gisborne	GIS	5	Civ.	Paved	No	4200	185 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
East Cape		New Zealand	100 km
Tokomaru		New Zealand	129 km
Gisborne	NZGIS	New Zealand	186 km

More information

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