Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 15 Dec 2018 22:23 UTC

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M 4.5 in Vanuatu on 15 Dec 2018 22:23 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:	4.5M
Depth:	46.05 Km
Lat/Lon:	-16.5086 , 168.1886
Event Date:	15 Dec 2018 22:23 UTC 16 Dec 2018 09:23 Local
Exposed Population:	About 67000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000ityd
Inserted at:	15 Dec 2018 23:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000ityd	Scaled population (vector)	5.17
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.12

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1241276		0	15 Dec 2018 22:23	4.5M, 49.33km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		00:33	NEIC
1241277		0	15 Dec 2018 22:23	4.5M, 46.05km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		01:27	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 Vanuatu , of Vanuatu (population 165,000) . The nearest places are Vaoleli, Tafoualé, Ignal, Liro, Lulep Nesa, Païa, Lamarou, Lamen, Nikaura, Halos, and Roghumbo.

Radius	Population
100 km	67000 people
75 km	48000 people
50 km	29000 people
20 km	9600 people
10 km	2700 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	170000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Vaoleli	Vanuatu	Village	-	3 km
Tafoualé	Vanuatu	Village	-	5 km
Ignal	Vanuatu	Village	-	5 km
Liro	Vanuatu	Village	-	6 km
Lulep Nesa	Vanuatu	Village	-	8 km
Païa	Vanuatu	Village	-	8 km
Lamarou	Vanuatu	Village	-	9 km
Lamen	Vanuatu	Village	-	13 km
Nikaura	Vanuatu	Village	-	16 km
Halos	Vanuatu	Village	-	17 km
Pawe	Vanuatu	Village	-	18 km
Ponkovia	Vanuatu	Village	-	18 km
Tavio	Vanuatu	Village	-	18 km
Maté	Vanuatu	Village	-	22 km
Toak	Vanuatu	Village	-	23 km
Léman	Vanuatu	Village	-	23 km
Burumba	Vanuatu	Village	-	23 km
Port-Vato	Vanuatu	Village	-	25 km
Endu Pahakol	Vanuatu	Village	-	28 km
Valesdir	Vanuatu	Village	-	30 km
Manpay	Vanuatu	Village	-	33 km
Nul	Vanuatu	Village	-	33 km
Votlo	Vanuatu	Village	-	34 km
Yaotilie	Vanuatu	Village	-	34 km
Yélowouwou	Vanuatu	Village	-	34 km
Fonwor	Vanuatu	Village	-	37 km
Ranvetlam	Vanuatu	Village	-	39 km
Peskarüs	Vanuatu	Village	-	39 km
Fali	Vanuatu	Village	-	39 km
Filakara	Vanuatu	Village	-	41 km
Lamap	Vanuatu	Village	-	42 km
Linbul	Vanuatu	Village	-	42 km
Olal	Vanuatu	Village	-	45 km
Mériver	Vanuatu	Village	-	46 km
Bourbar	Vanuatu	Village	-	47 km
Lambulmbatuei	Vanuatu	Village	-	52 km
Kouroumanpé	Vanuatu	Village	-	57 km
Lambukuti	Vanuatu	Village	-	57 km
Faroun	Vanuatu	Village	-	59 km
Mangarisu	Vanuatu	Village	-	60 km
Moériou	Vanuatu	Village	-	61 km
Rerep	Vanuatu	Village	-	62 km
Mangita	Vanuatu	Village	-	63 km
Boloa	Vanuatu	Village	-	65 km
Makatea	Vanuatu	Village	-	66 km
Malfakhal	Vanuatu	Village	-	67 km
Lonbilingdoun	Vanuatu	Village	-	67 km
Roghumbo	Vanuatu	Village	-	69 km

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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
Lamen Bay	LNB	unknown				0	9 km
Ulei	ULB	unknown				0	23 km
Epi	EPI	unknown				0	31 km
Valesdir	VLS	unknown				0	32 km
Emae	EAE	unknown				0	66 km
Sangafa		2	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	66 km
South West Bay	SWJ	unknown				0	80 km
Craig Cove	CCV	unknown				0	81 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Ambryn Island		Vanuatu	29 km
Port Sandwich	VUPSA	Vanuatu	44 km
Pentecost Island		Vanuatu	84 km

More information

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