Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Zealand on 04 May 2015 02:29 UTC

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M 5.6 in New Zealand on 04 May 2015 02:29 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-44.5294 , 168.8557
Event Date:	04 May 2015 02:29 UTC 04 May 2015 14:29 Local
Exposed Population:	About 34000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	04 May 2015 02:49 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1078816		0	04 May 2015 02:29	5.6M, 10km	6.22	30 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	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 Otago (population 85) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	1300 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1078816	-44.529/168.856	5.6	10	6.22	17 Oct 2016 10:33	532d 08:04	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Otago	New Zealand	<1000 people
Otago	New Zealand	1300 people
Otago	New Zealand	34000 people
Westland	New Zealand	<1000 people
Southland	New Zealand	<1000 people
Canterbury	New Zealand	1100 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Wanaka	Otago	New Zealand	Village	4400 people	29 km
Arrowtown	Otago	New Zealand	Village	2100 people	47 km
Queenstown	Otago	New Zealand	Village	10000 people	58 km
Cromwell	Otago	New Zealand	Village	2900 people	64 km
Haast	West Coast	New Zealand	Village	-	74 km
Clyde	Otago	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	82 km
Omakau	Otago	New Zealand	Village	-	86 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Wanaka	WKA	348	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	38 km
Queenstown	ZQN	358	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6200	55 km
Alexandra	ALR	229	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	86 km
Pukaki		480	Civ.	Paved	No	3500	106 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Jackson		New Zealand	61 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Hawea	Hawea Lake Control	Hawea	1959	33 km

More information

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