M 5.4 Off-shore from 27 Feb 2008 04:54 UTC to 04:54

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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 40 Km
Lat/Lon: -34.74 , -178.67
Event Date: 27 Feb 2008 04:54 UTC
26 Feb 2008 16:54 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 27 Feb 2008 09:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
35331 0.5 27 Feb 2008 04:54 5.4M, 69km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 01:15 GEOFON
35332 0.5 27 Feb 2008 04:54 5.5M, 49km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 01:25 GEOFON
35347 0.5 27 Feb 2008 04:54 5.4M, 40km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 05:05 EMSC
35348 0.5 27 Feb 2008 04:54 5.2M, 41.5km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 05:40 NEIC
35415 0.5 27 Feb 2008 04:54 5.1M, 45.6km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 2d 01:15 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 , County of East Cape.

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

Country Region Province Population
New Zealand East Cape -
New Zealand Bay of Plenty -

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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