M 6.3 in New Zealand on 06 Mar 2021 00:16 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: 6.3M
Depth: 13 Km
Event Date: 06 Mar 2021 00:16 UTC
06 Mar 2021 12:16 Local
Exposed Population: About 100 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000dg8x
Inserted at: 07 Mar 2021 22:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.1
us7000dg8x Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.11m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.63      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1362699 0 06 Mar 2021 00:16 6.4M, 9.2km 5.33 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:52) 00:22 NEIC
1362705 0 06 Mar 2021 00:16 6.3M, 11.57km 5.33 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:46 NEIC
1362708 0 06 Mar 2021 00:16 6.3M, 8.99km 4.97 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:52) 00:57 NEIC
1363418 0.1 06 Mar 2021 00:16 6.3M, 13km 5.02 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:00) 1d 22:32 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.

Tsunami affected locations

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)

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Initial conditions

Title: Location at start calculation

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: NaN
  • Longitude: NaN
  • Length: NaN km
  • Width: NaN km
  • Magnitude: NaN M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: NaN m
  • Strike: NaN ()
  • Dip: NaN degree
  • Rake: NaN degree
  • Depth: NaN km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 178.586, -38.631, 180.586, -36.631
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.25 minutes

Sea Level

More information

  • Timeline:
    Tsunami calculations performed to this case, click here

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