Overall Green Earthquake alert Off-shore on 30 Dec 2002 21:19 UTC

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M 4.3 Off-shore on 30 Dec 2002 21:19 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.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.3M
Depth:	41 Km
Lat/Lon:	-39.66 , 177.07
Event Date:	30 Dec 2002 21:19 UTC
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Jan 1900 00:00 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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
991		0.5	30 Dec 2002 21:19	4.3M, 41km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)		-21:-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 in New Zealand , County of Hawke's Bay.

Radius	Population
100 km	150000 people
75 km	140000 people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	38000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country	Region Province	Population
New Zealand	Hawke's Bay	-
New Zealand	Wanganui-Manawatu	-
New Zealand	Bay of Plenty	-
New Zealand	East Cape	-
New Zealand	Waikato	39000 people

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
Hastings		22	Civ.	Paved	No	3500	26 km
Napier	NPE	2	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4200	27 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Cape Kidnappers		New Zealand	2 km
Napier	NZNPE	New Zealand	25 km

More information

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