M 4.6 in Wallis and Futuna on 30 Apr 2022 06:14 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: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.8054 , -177.9434
Event Date: 30 Apr 2022 06:14 UTC
29 Apr 2022 18:14 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000h60x
Inserted at: 30 Apr 2022 07:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Wallis & Futuna)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000h60x 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
1440912 0 30 Apr 2022 06:14 4.6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:54 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 Wallis and Futuna , of Wallis & Futuna (population 14,000) .

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

Region Province Country Population
Wallis & Futuna Wallis and Futuna 14000 people
Fiji Fiji 760000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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