M 4.9 Off-shore on 05 Feb 2009 23:14 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 52 Km
Lat/Lon: -27.3884 , -176.442
Event Date: 05 Feb 2009 23:14 UTC
05 Feb 2009 11:14 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2009csb1
Inserted at: 07 Feb 2009 00:16 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us2009csb1 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
52585 0.5 05 Feb 2009 23:14 5M, 47.7km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:30 NEIC
52608 0.5 05 Feb 2009 23:14 4.9M, 52km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 1d 01:01 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.

More information

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