M 5.3 in Southwest Indian Ridge on 14 Oct 2021 03:47 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: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.302 , 52.4183
Event Date: 14 Oct 2021 03:47 UTC
14 Oct 2021 06:47 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000fufn
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2021 15:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000fufn Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1402118 0 14 Oct 2021 03:47 5.3M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 4d 11:21 NEIC
1402990 0 14 Oct 2021 03:47 5.3M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 4d 11:20 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 off shore.

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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