M 5.2 in Micronesia on 07 Feb 2023 16:44 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: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.6827 , 138.3679
Event Date: 07 Feb 2023 16:44 UTC
08 Feb 2023 02:44 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Source: NEIC us6000jm9h
Inserted at: 07 Feb 2023 17:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Micronesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000jm9h Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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
1487938 0 07 Feb 2023 16:44 5.2M, 10km 4.56 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:50 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Colonia Micronesia Micronesia Village 2100 people 32 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Colonia Micronesia 31 km

More information

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