Overall Green Earthquake alert in Northern Mariana Is. on 02 Apr 2024 22:16 UTC

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M 5.7 in Northern Mariana Is. on 02 Apr 2024 22:16 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	15.8966 , 146.8579
Event Date:	02 Apr 2024 22:16 UTC 03 Apr 2024 08:16 Local
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC us7000m9fv
Inserted at:	02 Apr 2024 22:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Northern Mariana Is.)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000m9fv	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1562623	02 Apr 2024 22:16	5.4M, 13.2km	5.89	No people affected (in 100km)	00:13	PTWC
1562624	02 Apr 2024 22:16	5.7M, 10km	2.91	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:19	NEIC
1562814	02 Apr 2024 22:16	5.2M, 10km	2.57	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	15:25	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 Northern Mariana Islands ,of Northern Mariana Is. (population 3,278) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1562624	146.858/15.897	5.7	10	3.223	02 Apr 2024 22:40	00:23	(new episode)
2	1562624	146.858/15.897	5.7	10	3.173	02 Apr 2024 22:46	00:29	(upd of #1)
3	1562624	146.858/15.897	5.7	10	3.173	03 Apr 2024 00:22	02:05	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Northern Mariana Is.	Northern Mariana Islands	3300 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity	Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Nikko		18				0	136 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Farallon de Medinilla		Northern Mariana Islands	84 km

More information

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