Overall Green Earthquake alert in New Caledonia on 20 May 2023 02:09 UTC

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M 6.5 in New Caledonia on 20 May 2023 02:09 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:	6.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-22.9544 , 170.4784
Event Date:	20 May 2023 02:09 UTC 20 May 2023 13:09 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected in MMI -
Source:	NEIC us6000kdcu
Inserted at:	20 May 2023 02:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.

	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us6000kdcu	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	0	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1506579		0	20 May 2023 02:09	6.5M, 28.117km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:18	NEIC
1506586		0	20 May 2023 02:09	6.5M, 10km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:36	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

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1506579	170.467/-23.041	6.5	28.1	20 May 2023 02:32	00:22	(new episode)
2	1506586	170.478/-22.954	6.5	10	20 May 2023 02:49	00:39	(new episode)
3	1506586	170.478/-22.954	6.5	10	20 May 2023 04:14	02:04	(upd of #2)
4	1506586	170.478/-22.954	6.5	10	21 May 2023 02:41	1d 00:31	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Matthew Island		New Caledonia	112 km
	Hunter Island		New Caledonia	174 km

More information

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