M 6.4 in Southeast Of Loyalty Islands on 26 May 2022 15:37 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: 6.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Event Date: 26 May 2022 15:37 UTC
27 May 2022 02:37 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
Few people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000hcqw
Inserted at: 27 May 2022 14:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000hcqw Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  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
1445291 0.1 26 May 2022 15:38 6.9M, 10km N/A Few people (in 100km) 0.2m (at 00:52) 00:13 NTWC
1445292 0 26 May 2022 15:37 6.4M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:23 NEIC
1445468 0 26 May 2022 15:37 6.4M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 23:06 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: ""southeast of the Loyalty Islands""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: -22.859
  • Longitude: 172.124
  • Length: 25 km
  • Width: 7 km
  • Magnitude: 6.4 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .6 m
  • Strike: 281 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 20 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 10 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 170.624, -24.359, 173.624, -21.359
  • 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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