M 6.6 in South Of Fiji Islands from 16 Feb 2022 20:21 UTC to 20:21

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: 6.6M
Depth: 568 Km
Event Date: 16 Feb 2022 20:21 UTC
16 Feb 2022 08:21 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Source: NTWC at00r7ez73
Inserted at: 16 Feb 2022 20:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NTWC 0 0 0
at00r7ez73 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 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
1426736 0 16 Feb 2022 20:21 6.6M, 568.1km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:10 PTWC
1426740 0 16 Feb 2022 20:21 6.6M, 568km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:13 NTWC
1426743 0 16 Feb 2022 20:21 6.8M, 528.1km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:18 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)

See full locations list (RSS)


Initial conditions

Title: ""south of the Fiji Islands""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: -23.8
  • Longitude: -179.7
  • Length: 31 km
  • Width: 8 km
  • Magnitude: 6.6 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .9 m
  • Strike: 90 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 45 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 568 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): -181.2, -25.3, -178.2, -22.3
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.25 minutes

Sea Level

More information

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

  • Montecarlo:
    Tsunami Montecarlo simulation performed to this case, click here

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