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.

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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 ,of Tasmania. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1272850 -55.242/158.476 5.4 10.0 4.09 01 Oct 2019 20:21 00:24 (new episode)
2 0 1272855 -55.242/158.476 5.4 10.0 4.09 01 Oct 2019 21:21 01:24 (new episode)
3 0 1272855 -55.25/158.418 5.5 10.0 4.163 01 Oct 2019 21:23 01:26 (upd of #2)
4 0 1272855 -55.25/158.418 5.5 10.0 4.163 01 Oct 2019 21:59 02:02 (upd of #3)
5 0 1272855 -55.25/158.418 5.5 10.0 4.163 02 Oct 2019 19:59 1d 00:02 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Tasmania Australia no people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.