Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Zealand on 13 Nov 2016 11:41 UTC

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M 5.7 in New Zealand on 13 Nov 2016 11:41 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:	5.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-41.7875 , 174.1117
Event Date:	13 Nov 2016 11:41 UTC 14 Nov 2016 00:41 Local
Exposed Population:	210000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007797
Inserted at:	13 Nov 2016 12:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007797	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
1146510		0	13 Nov 2016 11:41	5.7M, 10km	6.64	210 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 Nelson-Marlborough (population 3,149) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	3100 people
	26000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1146510	-41.788/174.112	5.7	10	6.64	13 Nov 2016 12:04	00:22	(new episode)
	2	0	1146510	-41.788/174.112	5.7	10	6.64	13 Nov 2016 13:46	02:04	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nelson-Marlborough	New Zealand	3100 people
Nelson-Marlborough	New Zealand	26000 people
Nelson-Marlborough	New Zealand	33000 people
Wellington	New Zealand	180000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ward	Marlborough	New Zealand	Village	-	5 km
Seddon	Marlborough	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	13 km
Blenheim	Marlborough	New Zealand	City	28000 people	32 km
Spring Creek	Marlborough	New Zealand	Village	-	38 km
Renwick	Marlborough	New Zealand	Village	-	39 km
Tuamarina	Marlborough	New Zealand	Village	-	41 km
Picton	Marlborough	New Zealand	Village	4200 people	55 km
Havelock	Marlborough	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	63 km
Rai Valley	Marlborough	New Zealand	Village	-	76 km
Wellington	Wellington	New Zealand	Capital	180000 people	77 km
Kaikoura	Canterbury	New Zealand	Village	-	77 km
Richmond	Nelson	New Zealand	Village	12000 people	91 km
Lower Hutt	Wellington	New Zealand	City	100000 people	93 km
Hope	Nelson	New Zealand	Village	-	93 km
Brightwater	Nelson	New Zealand	Village	1600 people	95 km
Wakefield	Nelson	New Zealand	Village	1600 people	98 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
Woodbourne	BHE	33	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4600	36 km
Picton Koromiko	PCN	unknown				0	49 km
Wellington International	WLG	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6300	77 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Blenheim	NZBHE	New Zealand	15 km
Cape Campbell		New Zealand	15 km
Picton	NZPCN	New Zealand	56 km
Kaikoura	NZKBZ	New Zealand	77 km
Wellington	NZWLG	New Zealand	78 km
Petone		New Zealand	89 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Taylor	Taylor	n/a	28 km
Waihopai	Waihopai	1927	47 km
Upper Karori	Kaiwharawhara	1908	76 km
Lower Karori	Kaiwharawhara	1872	77 km

More information

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