M 6.9 in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 04 Mar 2023 06:41 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 6.9M
Depth: 205.681 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.4748 , -178.7874
Event Date: 04 Mar 2023 06:41 UTC
03 Mar 2023 18:41 Local
Exposed Population:
Source: NEIC us7000jh99
Inserted at: 04 Mar 2023 06:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000jh99 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  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
1493431 0 04 Mar 2023 06:41 6.9M, 151.6km 5.99 No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:12 PTWC
1493432 0 04 Mar 2023 06:40 6.9M, 152km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:16 NTWC
1493433 0 04 Mar 2023 06:41 6.9M, 205.681km 4.79 No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:17 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 1493433 -178.787/-29.475 6.9 205.7 4.791 04 Mar 2023 07:05 00:24 (new episode)
2 0 1493433 -178.787/-29.475 6.9 205.7 4.79 04 Mar 2023 07:19 00:38 (upd of #1)
3 0 1493433 -178.787/-29.475 6.9 205.7 4.79 04 Mar 2023 08:46 02:05 (upd of #2)
4 0 1493433 -178.787/-29.475 6.9 205.7 4.79 05 Mar 2023 07:40 1d 00:59 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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