M 5.5 in South Island, New Zealand on 24 Jun 2020 22:20 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: 5.5M
Depth: 14.31 Km
Lat/Lon: -44.6565 , 167.4486
Event Date: 24 Jun 2020 22:20 UTC
25 Jun 2020 10:20 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 8000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000aag4
Inserted at: 25 Jun 2020 00:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000aag4 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
1317525 0 24 Jun 2020 22:20 5.5M, 14.31km 5.04 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:03 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 Zealand , County of Southland (population 34,612) . The nearest places are and Jamestown.

Radius Population
100 km 8000 people
75 km 1300 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Southland New Zealand 35000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Jamestown Southland New Zealand Village - 56 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Milford Sound MFN unknown 0 39 km
Manapouri TEU 209 Civ. Paved No 5000 99 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Milford Sound New Zealand 35 km
Secretary Island New Zealand 80 km
Doubtful Sound NZDGO New Zealand 84 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Te Anau Te Anau Lake Control Upper Waiau 1975 89 km

More information

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