Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Zealand on 24 May 2020 19:53 UTC

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M 5.6 in New Zealand on 24 May 2020 19:53 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:	5.6M
Depth:	51.89 Km
Lat/Lon:	-40.3929 , 174.966
Event Date:	24 May 2020 19:53 UTC 25 May 2020 07:53 Local
Exposed Population:	About 6000 people in MMI 560000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70009pku
Inserted at:	25 May 2020 20:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70009pku	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.63

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1312274		0	24 May 2020 19:53	5.6M, 51.89km	4.97	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:08	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 ,of Wanganui-Manawatu (population 7,304) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	6900 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1312274	-40.393/174.966	5.6	51.9	4.286	24 May 2020 20:08	00:15	(new episode)
2	1312274	-40.393/174.966	5.6	51.9	4.225	24 May 2020 20:17	00:23	(upd of #1)
3	1312274	-40.393/174.966	5.6	51.9	4.966	24 May 2020 20:27	00:34	(upd of #2)
4	1312274	-40.393/174.966	5.6	51.9	4.97	24 May 2020 21:56	02:02	(upd of #3)
5	1312274	-40.393/174.966	5.6	51.9	4.97	25 May 2020 20:01	1d 00:08	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Wanganui-Manawatu	New Zealand	7300 people
Wanganui-Manawatu	New Zealand	160000 people
Wellington	New Zealand	67000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tangimoana	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	-	27 km
Waitarere	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	-	27 km
Foxton	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	4800 people	28 km
Levin	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	20000 people	37 km
Rongotea	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	41 km
Shannon	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	1400 people	42 km
Manakau	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	-	42 km
Ratana	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	43 km
Bulls	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	1800 people	43 km
Sanson	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	43 km
Otaki	Wellington	New Zealand	Village	6000 people	44 km
Turakina	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	-	44 km
Tokomaru	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	47 km
Awahuri	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	-	48 km
Marton	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	4600 people	49 km
Castlecliff	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	-	50 km
Linton	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	-	50 km
Wanganui	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	City	40000 people	52 km
Fordell	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	-	52 km
Halcombe	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	<1000 people	52 km
Feilding	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	14000 people	54 km
Waikanae	Wellington	New Zealand	Village	-	55 km
Palmerston North	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	City	75000 people	55 km
Paraparaumu Beach	Wellington	New Zealand	Village	-	56 km
Bunnythorpe	Manawatu Wanganui	New Zealand	Village	-	58 km
Paraparaumu	Wellington	New Zealand	Village	3400 people	58 km
Raumati	Wellington	New Zealand	Village	-	59 km
Raumati South	Wellington	New Zealand	Village	-	60 km
Paekakariki	Wellington	New Zealand	Village	-	65 km

see full list

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
Foxpine		11				0	27 km
Ohakea	OHA	50	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8000	41 km
Wanganui	WAG	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4500	48 km
Palmerston North	PMR	45	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6200	56 km
Paraparaumu	PPQ	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4400	57 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Wanganui	NZWAG	New Zealand	49 km
	Porirua		New Zealand	70 km

More information

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