M 5.2 in New Zealand on 14 Mar 2009 17:38 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: 5.2M
Depth: 177 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.942 , 177.458
Event Date: 14 Mar 2009 17:38 UTC
15 Mar 2009 05:38 Local
Exposed Population:
about 2000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 14 Mar 2009 17:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
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
54003 0.5 14 Mar 2009 17:39 5M, 172km N/A 3 thousand (in 100km) 00:09 GEOFON
54005 0.5 14 Mar 2009 17:38 5.2M, 177km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 NEIC
54006 0.5 14 Mar 2009 17:38 5.4M, 34.8km N/A 30 thousand (in 100km) 00:23 NEIC
54007 0.5 14 Mar 2009 17:38 5M, 184.4km N/A 3 thousand (in 100km) 02:28 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 in New Zealand , County of East Cape.

Radius Population
100 km 2400 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
East Cape New Zealand -
Bay of Plenty New Zealand -
Waikato New Zealand 39000 people
Hawke's Bay New Zealand -
Auckland New Zealand 320000 people
Wanganui-Manawatu New Zealand -
Northland New Zealand -
Taranaki New Zealand -
Wellington New Zealand 150000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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