M 5.6 in Kermadec Islands Region on 10 May 2019 03:23 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: -28.6866 , -176.764
Event Date: 10 May 2019 03:23 UTC
09 May 2019 15:23 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70003j5p
Inserted at: 11 May 2019 03:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70003j5p 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
1259707 0 10 May 2019 03:23 5.4M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 NEIC
1259708 0 10 May 2019 03:23 5.6M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:01 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
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1259707 -28.69/-176.706 5.4 10.0 None 10 May 2019 03:45 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1259707 -28.687/-176.764 5.6 10.0 None 10 May 2019 03:52 00:29 (upd of #1)
3 0 1259708 -28.687/-176.764 5.6 10.0 None 10 May 2019 03:53 00:29 (new episode)
4 0 1259708 -28.687/-176.764 5.6 10.0 None 10 May 2019 05:25 02:02 (upd of #3)
5 0 1259708 -28.687/-176.764 5.6 10.0 None 11 May 2019 03:25 1d 00:01 (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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