M 5.7 in New Zealand on 12 Jan 2022 10:49 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: 191.01 Km
Lat/Lon: -39.305 , 174.4702
Event Date: 12 Jan 2022 10:49 UTC
12 Jan 2022 23:49 Local
Exposed Population: 170 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000gba7
Inserted at: 12 Jan 2022 11:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2 (New Zealand)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gba7 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1420827 0 12 Jan 2022 10:49 5.7M, 191.01km 3.73 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 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


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1420827 -39.305/174.47 5.7 191.0 3.631 12 Jan 2022 11:12 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1420827 -39.305/174.47 5.7 191.0 3.631 12 Jan 2022 11:19 00:30 (upd of #1)
3 0 1420827 -39.305/174.47 5.7 191.0 3.73 12 Jan 2022 11:34 00:45 (upd of #2)
4 0 1420827 -39.305/174.47 5.7 191.0 3.73 12 Jan 2022 12:52 02:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1420827 -39.305/174.47 5.7 191.0 3.73 13 Jan 2022 11:40 1d 00:50 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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