Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 07 Mar 2017 23:38 UTC

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M 5.6 in Vanuatu on 07 Mar 2017 23:38 UTC

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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:	5.6M
Depth:	12.51 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.038 , 168.0581
Event Date:	07 Mar 2017 23:38 UTC 08 Mar 2017 10:38 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI VI About 32000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us100087kn
Inserted at:	08 Mar 2017 00:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us100087kn	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1159844		0	07 Mar 2017 23:38	5.6M, 12.51km	6.53	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	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 Vanuatu ,of Vanuatu (population 296) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	1100 people
	3600 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1159844	-15.038/168.058	5.6	12.51	6.53	08 Mar 2017 00:01	00:22	(new episode)
	2	0	1159844	-15.038/168.058	5.6	12.51	6.53	08 Mar 2017 01:40	02:01	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	<1000 people
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	<1000 people
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	15000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Jasmori	Vanuatu	Village	-	13 km
Narovorovo	Vanuatu	Village	-	18 km
Lolowaï	Vanuatu	Village	-	29 km
Lowitava	Vanuatu	Village	-	33 km
Lolopuépué	Vanuatu	Village	-	36 km
Longang	Vanuatu	Village	-	38 km
Walurigi	Vanuatu	Village	-	41 km
Duin Dui	Vanuatu	Village	-	49 km
Walaha	Vanuatu	Village	-	57 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)	Distance
Maewo	MWF	unknown	5 km
Longana	LOD	unknown	31 km
Sara	SSR	unknown	49 km
Redcliffe	RCL	unknown	54 km
Walaha	WLH	unknown	57 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Maewo Island		Vanuatu	18 km

More information

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