Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu from 19 May 2019 01:23 UTC to 01:23

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M 6.8 in Vanuatu from 19 May 2019 01:23 UTC to 01:23

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:	6.8M
Depth:	14 Km
Lat/Lon:	-21.7 , 169.6
Event Date:	19 May 2019 01:23 UTC 19 May 2019 12:23 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NTWC at00prq977
Inserted at:	19 May 2019 01:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NTWC	0		0.2		0.2
at00prq977	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	0.22m
	C1 earthquake	1	Max wave realtime	0.22m
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1260809	0.2	19 May 2019 01:23	6.8M, 14km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:31)	00:07	NTWC
1260812	0	19 May 2019 01:23	6.2M, 10km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	02:03	NEIC
1260827	0	19 May 2019 01:23	6.3M, 20km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	1d 00:02	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 New Caledonia , of New Caledonia (population 178,000) .

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
New Caledonia	New Caledonia	180000 people
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	170000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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