M 5.5 in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand from 11 Mar 2017 17:10 UTC to 17:10

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: 5.5M
Depth: 19.35 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.6464 , -177.5247
Event Date: 11 Mar 2017 17:10 UTC
11 Mar 2017 05:10 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us100088f7
Inserted at: 11 Mar 2017 17:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100088f7 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1160245 0 11 Mar 2017 17:10 5.5M, 19.35km 3 No people affected (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
1160262 0 11 Mar 2017 17:10 5.6M, 34.96km 3.22 No people affected (in 100km) 05:52 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


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1160245 -30.646/-177.525 5.5 19.35 3 11 Mar 2017 17:34 00:23 (new episode)
2 0 1160245 -30.646/-177.525 5.5 19.35 3 11 Mar 2017 19:13 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1160262 -30.603/-177.544 5.6 34.96 3.22 11 Mar 2017 23:06 05:55 (new episode)
4 0 1160262 -30.603/-177.544 5.6 34.96 3.22 14 Mar 2017 14:10 2d 20:59 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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