M 5.7 in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 05 Aug 2022 04:38 UTC

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: 29.913 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.3843 , -177.601
Event Date: 05 Aug 2022 04:38 UTC
04 Aug 2022 16:38 Local
Exposed Population:
Source: NEIC us6000i89c
Inserted at: 05 Aug 2022 05:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000i89c 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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1456382 0 05 Aug 2022 04:38 5.7M, 29.913km 3.3 No people affected (in 100km) 00:23 NEIC
1456391 0 05 Aug 2022 04:38 5.8M, 27.949km 3.76 No people affected (in 100km) 10:35 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 off shore.

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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