Overall Green Earthquake alert in Loyalty Islands on 04 Sep 2022 20:15 UTC

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M 5.3 in Loyalty Islands on 04 Sep 2022 20:15 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:	5.3M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-21.2477 , 168.5367
Event Date:	04 Sep 2022 20:15 UTC 05 Sep 2022 07:15 Local
Exposed Population:	1 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000i56w
Inserted at:	04 Sep 2022 20:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000i56w	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1460137		0	04 Sep 2022 20:15	5.3M, 10km	4	1 thousand (in 100km)		00:18	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	3600 people
75 km	1900 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	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hnadid	New Caledonia	Village	-	52 km
Tawaïnèdre	New Caledonia	Village	-	55 km
Kurine	New Caledonia	Village	-	58 km
Ménaku	New Caledonia	Village	-	63 km
Miramas	New Caledonia	Village	-	64 km
Thogone	New Caledonia	Village	-	67 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
Mare la Roche	MEE	43	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	58 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tadine		New Caledonia	77 km

More information

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