M 6.3 in New Caledonia from 19 May 2019 14:56 UTC to 14:56

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: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.5747 , 169.4695
Event Date: 19 May 2019 14:56 UTC
20 May 2019 01:56 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70003n96
Inserted at: 19 May 2019 15:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us70003n96 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0.05m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.05m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1260886 0.1 19 May 2019 14:56 6.7M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.1m (at 00:35) 00:07 PTWC
1260887 0.1 19 May 2019 14:56 6.7M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.2m (at 00:31) 00:09 NTWC
1260890 0 19 May 2019 14:56 6.3M, 10km 3.63 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:23) 00:16 NEIC
1260896 0 19 May 2019 14:56 6.2M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 02:02 NEIC
1260910 0 19 May 2019 14:56 6.2M, 20km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 02:19 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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