M 5.9 in Australia on 07 Oct 2021 20:13 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: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -58.7534 , 158.6288
Event Date: 07 Oct 2021 20:13 UTC
08 Oct 2021 07:13 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000fssl
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2021 16:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Australia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000fssl 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
1400839 0 07 Oct 2021 20:13 6.1M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 10d 19:56 NEIC
1401194 0 07 Oct 2021 20:13 5.9M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 10d 19:55 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 1400839 -58.784/158.449 6.1 10.0 None 07 Oct 2021 21:59 01:46 (new episode)
2 0 1400839 -58.784/158.449 6.1 10.0 None 07 Oct 2021 22:17 02:04 (upd of #1)
3 0 1401194 -58.784/158.449 6.1 10.0 None 08 Oct 2021 20:16 1d 00:03 (new episode)
4 0 1401194 -58.753/158.629 5.9 10.0 None 09 Oct 2021 18:18 1d 22:05 (upd of #3)
5 0 1401194 -58.761/158.606 5.9 10.0 None 18 Oct 2021 16:08 10d 19:55 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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