M 5.5 in South Of Kermadec Islands on 22 Jun 2020 14:29 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: 5.5M
Depth: 16.94 Km
Lat/Lon: -33.8156 , -178.0567
Event Date: 22 Jun 2020 14:29 UTC
22 Jun 2020 02:29 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000agjg
Inserted at: 22 Jun 2020 22:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000agjg 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
1317084 0 22 Jun 2020 14:29 5.3M, 9.02km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:30 NEIC
1317124 0 22 Jun 2020 14:29 5.5M, 16.94km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 07:47 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 1317124 -33.816/-178.057 5.5 16.9 None 22 Jun 2020 22:16 07:47 (new episode)
2 0 1317124 -33.816/-178.057 5.5 16.9 None 23 Jun 2020 14:31 1d 00:02 (upd of #1)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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