M 5.8 in Vanuatu from 13 Aug 2022 13:02 UTC to 13:02

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: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.8018 , 167.0954
Event Date: 13 Aug 2022 13:02 UTC
14 Aug 2022 00:02 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people in MMI
2 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us6000iaik
Inserted at: 13 Aug 2022 13:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000iaik Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1456685 0 13 Aug 2022 13:02 5.8M, 10km 5.92 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:20 NEIC
1456746 0 13 Aug 2022 13:02 5.7M, 10km 5.75 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 09:00 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Vanuatu ,of Vanuatu (population 165,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
1900 people
27000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Vanuatu Vanuatu 5800 people
Vanuatu Vanuatu 31000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Wowo Vanuatu Village - 15 km
Asavagas Vanuatu Village - 16 km
Abnetare Vanuatu Village - 17 km
Laruru Vanuatu Village - 21 km
Vao Vanuatu Village - 24 km
Tenmaru Vanuatu Village - 27 km
Segond Vanuatu Village - 28 km
Youelapa Vanuatu Village - 30 km
Wailapo Vanuatu Village - 32 km
Luganville Vanuatu Village 13000 people 33 km
Amokh Vanuatu Village - 33 km
Narango Vanuatu Village - 33 km
Palikoulo Vanuatu Village - 36 km
Tambalato Vanuatu Village - 38 km
Olo Olo Vanuatu Village - 38 km
Fwimatal Vanuatu Village - 39 km
Tasiriki Vanuatu Village - 40 km
Maé Vanuatu Village - 40 km
Napil Vanuatu Village - 40 km
Pakatam Vanuatu Village - 40 km
Ellarmo Vanuatu Village - 41 km
Brenwe Vanuatu Village - 42 km
Saraotou Vanuatu Village - 42 km
Maloevole Vanuatu Village - 42 km
Ouere Vanuatu Village - 44 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Santo Pekoa International SON 56 Civ. Paved Yes 6500 35 km
Big Bay GBA unknown 0 39 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Santo VUSAN Vanuatu 33 km
Palikoulo Bay Vanuatu 37 km

More information

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