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:	5.6M
Depth:	29.099 Km
Lat/Lon:	-14.9531 , 166.8895
Event Date:	15 Jan 2023 12:04 UTC 15 Jan 2023 23:04 Local
Exposed Population:	10 thousand in MMI&>=V
Source:	NEIC us7000j4ij
Inserted at:	16 Jan 2023 06:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000j4ij	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1483729		0	15 Jan 2023 12:04	5.6M, 32.418km	5.36	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:18	NEIC
1483843		0	15 Jan 2023 12:04	5.6M, 29.099km	5.51	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	18:10	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
	10000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	no people
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	4800 people
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	7400 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Piapouria	Vanuatu	Village	-	14 km
Lavatavo	Vanuatu	Village	-	15 km
Souléiséré	Vanuatu	Village	-	16 km
Iakobone	Vanuatu	Village	-	18 km
Tavelou	Vanuatu	Village	-	19 km
Tourébiou	Vanuatu	Village	-	20 km
Ladhu	Vanuatu	Village	-	20 km
Wora	Vanuatu	Village	-	22 km
Térou	Vanuatu	Village	-	24 km
Worovok	Vanuatu	Village	-	24 km
Atsaritibi	Vanuatu	Village	-	25 km
Robertsons	Vanuatu	Village	-	25 km
Lowérié	Vanuatu	Village	-	29 km
Maé	Vanuatu	Village	-	30 km
Hog Harbour	Vanuatu	Village	-	32 km
Bounahatsa	Vanuatu	Village	-	26 km
Wonisule	Vanuatu	Village	-	31 km
Vesalia	Vanuatu	Village	-	33 km
Papoulassemouli	Vanuatu	Village	-	34 km
Nogugu	Vanuatu	Village	-	35 km
Lowarhé	Vanuatu	Village	-	36 km
Tasmate	Vanuatu	Village	-	36 km
Lolominiou	Vanuatu	Village	-	37 km
Takumuna	Vanuatu	Village	-	39 km
Bakakara	Vanuatu	Village	-	39 km
Menogoro	Vanuatu	Village	-	40 km
Longtal	Vanuatu	Village	-	42 km
Poullappoe	Vanuatu	Village	-	43 km
Walpey	Vanuatu	Village	-	44 km
Pualapa	Vanuatu	Village	-	46 km
Wunpuku	Vanuatu	Village	-	46 km
Hokua	Vanuatu	Village	-	46 km
Féléa	Vanuatu	Village	-	50 km
Tatafo	Vanuatu	Village	-	50 km
Coulons	Vanuatu	Village	-	51 km
Ouere	Vanuatu	Village	-	55 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
	Olpoi Nw Santo	OLJ	unknown				0	37 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Hog Harbor		Vanuatu	30 km

More information

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