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:	6.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.3597 , 166.3851
Event Date:	02 Mar 2023 18:04 UTC 03 Mar 2023 05:04 Local
Exposed Population:	10 thousand in MMI&>=V
Source:	NEIC usd000j5jt
Inserted at:	02 Mar 2023 18:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.2		0.2
usd000j5jt	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0.22m
	C1 rapid impact	0	Max wave realtime	0.22m
	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	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1493128	02 Mar 2023 18:04	6.8M, 33km	6.48	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:20)	00:10	PTWC
1493129	02 Mar 2023 18:04	6.8M, 33km	6.34	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:20)	00:10	NTWC
1493132	02 Mar 2023 18:04	6.5M, 10km	5.95	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:05)	00:21	NEIC
1493136	02 Mar 2023 18:04	6.6M, 10km	5.77	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.4m (at 00:07)	00:33	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
	13000 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
Wousi	Vanuatu	Village	-	27 km
Pualapa	Vanuatu	Village	-	29 km
Tasmate	Vanuatu	Village	-	34 km
Nokowula	Vanuatu	Village	-	34 km
Batouna	Vanuatu	Village	-	38 km
Vesalia	Vanuatu	Village	-	39 km
Woro	Vanuatu	Village	-	43 km
Bounanbaga	Vanuatu	Village	-	44 km
Napvioni	Vanuatu	Village	-	45 km
Wonisule	Vanuatu	Village	-	46 km
Maé	Vanuatu	Village	-	46 km
Losoué	Vanuatu	Village	-	47 km
Lontigé	Vanuatu	Village	-	48 km
Lowiravé	Vanuatu	Village	-	48 km
Wulakarakara	Vanuatu	Village	-	49 km
Atsaritibi	Vanuatu	Village	-	50 km
Bakakara	Vanuatu	Village	-	50 km
Papoulassemouli	Vanuatu	Village	-	50 km
Tasiriki	Vanuatu	Village	-	51 km
Tavelou	Vanuatu	Village	-	51 km
Pakatam	Vanuatu	Village	-	51 km
Robertsons	Vanuatu	Village	-	52 km
Tourébiou	Vanuatu	Village	-	52 km
Olo Olo	Vanuatu	Village	-	53 km
Nogugu	Vanuatu	Village	-	53 km
Bounahatsa	Vanuatu	Village	-	54 km
Lolominiou	Vanuatu	Village	-	56 km
Souléiséré	Vanuatu	Village	-	56 km
Térou	Vanuatu	Village	-	57 km
Piapouria	Vanuatu	Village	-	57 km
Worovok	Vanuatu	Village	-	59 km
Wailapo	Vanuatu	Village	-	60 km
Maloevole	Vanuatu	Village	-	60 km
Menogoro	Vanuatu	Village	-	62 km
Youelapa	Vanuatu	Village	-	64 km
Tatafo	Vanuatu	Village	-	64 km
Narango	Vanuatu	Village	-	65 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	56 km

More information

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