Rapid Impact

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 (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us7000i7ya	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	2.12

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1461999	n.a	14 Sep 2022 11:04	7M, 141km	N/A	No people affected in 100km..	0m (at 00:00)	00:09	GEOFON
1462000	n.a	14 Sep 2022 11:04	7M, 124km	N/A	No people affected in 100km..	0m (at 00:00)	00:11	PTWC
1462001	n.a	14 Sep 2022 11:04	7M, 124km	N/A	No people affected in 100km..	0m (at 00:00)	00:14	NTWC
1462003	n.a	14 Sep 2022 11:04	6.7M, 143.274km	N/A	No people affected in 100km..	0m (at 00:00)	00:23	NEIC
1462009	0	14 Sep 2022 11:04	7M, 144.885km	5.64	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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Vanuatu ,of Vanuatu (population 165,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	17000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	<1000 people
	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	12000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Umetch	Vanuatu	Village	-	113 km
Anelghowhat	Vanuatu	Village	-	116 km
Isino	Vanuatu	Village	-	122 km
Port Patrick	Vanuatu	Village	-	125 km
Mohoun'gha	Vanuatu	Village	-	185 km
Ipao	Vanuatu	Village	-	186 km
Imareukak	Vanuatu	Village	-	192 km
Yeruareng	Vanuatu	Village	-	192 km
Yokopenan	Vanuatu	Village	-	194 km
Ombous	Vanuatu	Village	-	198 km
Ireupuow	Vanuatu	Village	-	200 km
Yérou	Vanuatu	Village	-	202 km
Isaka	Vanuatu	Village	-	203 km
White Sands	Vanuatu	Village	-	204 km
Isangel	Vanuatu	Village	1400 people	208 km
Loonélapeun	Vanuatu	Village	-	211 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Futuna Island	FTA	unknown				0	185 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Aneityum Island		Vanuatu	117 km
	Matthew Island		New Caledonia	172 km

More information

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