M 5 in Canada on 24 Apr 2014 03:20 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: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 49.851 , -127.1912
Event Date: 24 Apr 2014 03:20 UTC
23 Apr 2014 20:20 Local
Exposed Population:
About 14312 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 24 Apr 2014 03:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1047929 0 24 Apr 2014 03:20 5M, 10km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:20 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 Canada , Province of British Columbia (population 3,415,527) . The nearest places are and Cachalot.

Radius Population
100 km 14000 people
75 km 2600 people
50 km 1200 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
British Columbia Canada 3.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Cachalot British Columbia Canada Village - 15 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Tahsis ZTS unknown 40 km
Estevan Point YEP unknown 70 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Zeballos CAZEB Canada 29 km
Ceepeecee Canada 34 km
Tahsis CAPTA Canada 39 km

More information

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