M 6.6 in New Zealand on 11 Jul 2017 07:00 UTC

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: 6.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -49.5461 , 164.0314
Event Date: 11 Jul 2017 07:00 UTC
11 Jul 2017 18:00 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us100098qm
Inserted at: 11 Jul 2017 07:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 1
us100098qm Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1173391 1 11 Jul 2017 07:00 6.5M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:08 GEOFON
1173392 1 11 Jul 2017 07:00 6.8M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:08 PTWC
1173393 1 11 Jul 2017 06:59 6.8M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:09 NTWC    
1173401 1 11 Jul 2017 07:00 6.6M, 10km 3.98 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:37 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity Population
no people
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1173401 -49.546/164.031 6.6 10 3.98 11 Jul 2017 07:38 00:38 (new episode)
2 0 1173401 -49.546/164.031 6.6 10 3.98 11 Jul 2017 09:12 02:12 (upd of #1)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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