M 5.7 in Australia on 13 Nov 2020 09:12 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: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -53.1761 , 160.0551
Event Date: 13 Nov 2020 09:12 UTC
13 Nov 2020 20:12 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000ceaa
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2020 06:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Australia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ceaa Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1342990 0 13 Nov 2020 09:12 5.7M, 10km 3.52 No people affected (in 100km) 00:25 NEIC
1343143 0 13 Nov 2020 09:12 5.7M, 10km 3.5 No people affected (in 100km) 21:10 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


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1342990 -53.124/159.674 5.7 10.0 3.516 13 Nov 2020 09:37 00:25 (new episode)
2 0 1342990 -53.124/159.674 5.7 10.0 3.516 13 Nov 2020 10:14 01:01 (upd of #1)
3 0 1342990 -53.124/159.674 5.7 10.0 3.516 13 Nov 2020 11:17 02:04 (upd of #2)
4 0 1343143 -53.176/160.055 5.7 10.0 3.496 14 Nov 2020 06:27 21:14 (new episode)
5 0 1343143 -53.176/160.055 5.7 10.0 3.496 14 Nov 2020 09:17 1d 00:05 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.