M 5.4 in Australia on 01 Oct 2019 19:57 UTC

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: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.2415 , 158.4756
Event Date: 01 Oct 2019 19:57 UTC
02 Oct 2019 06:57 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC usd000b35a
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2019 20:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
2 (Australia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usd000b35a Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.63  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1272850 0 01 Oct 2019 19:57 5.4M, 10km 4.09 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:24 NEIC
1272855 0 01 Oct 2019 19:57 5.5M, 10km 4.16 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:02 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Australia , State of Tasmania (population 472,122) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Tasmania Australia 470000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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