M 5.5 in Southwest Of Africa on 19 Nov 2022 00:49 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -52.2004 , 13.7617
Event Date: 19 Nov 2022 00:49 UTC
19 Nov 2022 01:49 Local
Exposed Population:
Source: NEIC us7000iqvt
Inserted at: 19 Nov 2022 01:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000iqvt 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
1473945 0 19 Nov 2022 00:49 5.3M, 10km 5.79 No people affected (in 100km) 00:17 NEIC
1473948 0 19 Nov 2022 00:49 5.5M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:41 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


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1473948 -52.2/13.762 5.5 10.0 None 19 Nov 2022 01:34 00:45 (new episode)
2 0 1473948 -52.197/13.755 5.5 10.0 None 19 Nov 2022 02:49 02:00 (upd of #1)
3 0 1473948 -52.197/13.755 5.5 10.0 None 19 Nov 2022 02:57 02:07 (upd of #2)
4 0 1473948 -52.197/13.755 5.5 10.0 None 20 Nov 2022 01:40 1d 00:50 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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