M 7 in Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 17 Jun 2015 12:51 UTC

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: 7.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -35.362 , -17.3915
Event Date: 17 Jun 2015 12:51 UTC
17 Jun 2015 11:51 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2015 13:55 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0.5
Scaled population (vector) Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake      
  Country Vulnerability      
  INFORM_normalised      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1084867 0 17 Jun 2015 12:51 6.1M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:23 NEIC
1084881 0.5 17 Jun 2015 12:51 7M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 01:03 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
no people
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1084867 -35.358/-17.409 6.1 10 0 17 Oct 2016 10:38 487d 21:47 (new episode)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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