Overall Green Earthquake alert in Wallis and Futuna on 29 Jun 2014 17:15 UTC

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M 6.7 in Wallis and Futuna on 29 Jun 2014 17:15 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:	6.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.0432 , -175.5669
Event Date:	29 Jun 2014 17:15 UTC 29 Jun 2014 05:15 Local
Exposed Population:	About 100 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	29 Jun 2014 19:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake	Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0	0.2		0.1
	Scaled population (vector)	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	Max wave realtime	0.17m
	C2 earthquake
	Country Vulnerability
	INFORM_normalised

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1054255	0.1	29 Jun 2014 17:15	6.8M, 10km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:20)	00:11	NEIC
1054265	0	29 Jun 2014 17:15	5.8M, 11.37km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)		00:33	NEIC
1054278	0.1	29 Jun 2014 17:15	6.7M, 10km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:46)	02:10	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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1054278	-15.043/-175.567	6.7	10	0	17 Oct 2016 10:01	840d 16:46	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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