M 5.5 in Southeast Of Loyalty Islands on 04 Dec 2022 19:00 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: 5.5M
Depth: 144.042 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.7513 , 170.577
Event Date: 04 Dec 2022 19:00 UTC
05 Dec 2022 06:00 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Source: NEIC us6000j6w5
Inserted at: 04 Dec 2022 19:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000j6w5 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1476908 0 04 Dec 2022 19:00 5.5M, 144.042km 3.24 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 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 Vanuatu ,of Vanuatu (population 6) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1476908 170.577/-21.751 5.5 144 3.245 04 Dec 2022 19:21 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1476908 170.577/-21.751 5.5 144 3.245 04 Dec 2022 19:34 00:34 (upd of #1)
3 0 1476908 170.577/-21.751 5.5 144 3.245 04 Dec 2022 21:03 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1476908 170.577/-21.751 5.5 144 3.245 05 Dec 2022 19:40 1d 00:40 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Vanuatu Vanuatu <1000 people


Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Matthew Island New Caledonia 104 km

More information

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