M 6.4 in Southeast Of Loyalty Islands on 14 Aug 2022 21:04 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: 6.4M
Depth: 78 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.0854 , 170.961
Event Date: 14 Aug 2022 21:04 UTC
15 Aug 2022 08:04 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
Few people affected in MMI&>=V
Source: NEIC us6000iav7
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2022 06:32 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000iav7 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 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
1456901 0 14 Aug 2022 21:04 6.2M, 105km 4.9 Few people (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 1d 09:22 GEOFON
1456905 0 14 Aug 2022 21:04 6.2M, 82.536km 5.08 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 1d 09:23 NEIC
1456937 0 14 Aug 2022 21:04 6.1M, 80.644km 4.88 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 09:25 NEIC
1457070 0 14 Aug 2022 21:04 6.4M, 78km 5.59 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 1d 09:27 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 off shore.

Radius Population
100 km <1000 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km <1000 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.

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Matthew Island New Caledonia 50 km

More information

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