M 7 in Southeast Of Loyalty Islands on 14 Sep 2022 11:04 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: 7.0M
Depth: 144.885 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.1908 , 170.2397
Event Date: 14 Sep 2022 11:04 UTC
14 Sep 2022 22:04 Local
Exposed Population: About 9000 people in MMI
20 thousand in MMI&>=V
Source: NEIC us7000i7ya
Inserted at: 14 Sep 2022 12:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000i7ya Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  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
1461999 0 14 Sep 2022 11:04 7M, 141km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:09 GEOFON
1462000 0 14 Sep 2022 11:04 7M, 124km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:11 PTWC
1462001 0 14 Sep 2022 11:04 7M, 124km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:14 NTWC
1462003 0 14 Sep 2022 11:04 6.7M, 143.274km 4.67 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:23 NEIC
1462009 0 14 Sep 2022 11:04 7M, 144.885km 5.4 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:58 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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