M 5.6 in Santa Cruz Islands on 28 May 2022 14:11 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: 213.96 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.2353 , 167.0527
Event Date: 28 May 2022 14:11 UTC
29 May 2022 01:11 Local
Exposed Population:
1 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000hda6
Inserted at: 28 May 2022 14:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000hda6 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
1445607 0 28 May 2022 14:11 5.6M, 213.96km 3.5 1 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 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 1400 people
75 km 1400 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Oeili Solomon Islands Village - 62 km
Numbuko Solomon Islands Village - 65 km
Peu Solomon Islands Village - 66 km
Vanikoro Is Solomon Islands Village - 67 km
Buma Solomon Islands Village - 69 km
Vanikoro Solomon Islands 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
Santa Cruz SCZ unknown 0 72 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Peu Soloman Islands 66 km

More information

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