M 5.6 in Mariana Islands on 07 May 2022 16:58 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.6M
Depth: 214.73 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.7732 , 145.5078
Event Date: 07 May 2022 16:58 UTC
08 May 2022 02:58 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000h7t6
Inserted at: 10 May 2022 16:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000h7t6 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1442145 0 07 May 2022 16:58 5.4M, 204.23km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:16 NEIC
1442635 0 07 May 2022 16:58 5.6M, 214.73km 3.44 No people affected (in 100km) 2d 23:35 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.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Pagan Airstrip 10 0 77 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Pagan Island Northern Mariana Islands 76 km

More information

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