Overall Green Earthquake alert in Wallis and Futuna on 26 Oct 2016 05:19 UTC

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M 6.1 in Wallis and Futuna on 26 Oct 2016 05:19 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:	6.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.54 , -174.8724
Event Date:	26 Oct 2016 05:19 UTC 25 Oct 2016 17:19 Local
Exposed Population:	About 200 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20007gsh
Inserted at:	26 Oct 2016 15:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20007gsh	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
1144016		0	26 Oct 2016 05:19	5.6M, 42.42km	3.69	Few people (in 100km)		00:22	NEIC
1144084		0	26 Oct 2016 05:19	6.1M, 10km	4.08	Few people (in 100km)		09:40	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

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1144016	-15.626/-174.911	5.6	42.42	3.69	26 Oct 2016 05:42	00:22	(new episode)
2	1144016	-15.626/-174.911	5.6	42.42	3.69	26 Oct 2016 07:24	02:04	(upd of #1)
3	1144084	-15.54/-174.872	6.1	10	4.08	26 Oct 2016 15:00	09:40	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity	Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
	Hihifo		Tonga	Village	<1000 people	129 km
	Falehau		Tonga	Village	-	131 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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