M 5.6 in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 05 Mar 2021 00:19 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: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.1759 , -177.0648
Event Date: 05 Mar 2021 00:19 UTC
04 Mar 2021 12:19 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000dfr3
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2021 00:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dfr3 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
1362270 0 05 Mar 2021 00:19 5.6M, 10km 3.35 No people affected (in 100km) 00:21 NEIC
1363491 0 05 Mar 2021 00:19 5.5M, 10km 3.27 No people affected (in 100km) 3d 04:04 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 1362270 -29.176/-177.065 5.6 10.0 3.353 05 Mar 2021 00:41 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1362270 -29.176/-177.065 5.6 10.0 3.353 05 Mar 2021 01:40 01:20 (upd of #1)
3 0 1362270 -29.176/-177.065 5.6 10.0 3.353 05 Mar 2021 02:23 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1362270 -29.176/-177.065 5.6 10.0 3.353 06 Mar 2021 00:22 1d 00:02 (upd of #3)
5 0 1363491 -29.177/-177.084 5.5 10.0 3.274 08 Mar 2021 04:23 3d 04:04 (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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