Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 05 May 2014 12:12 UTC

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M 4.5 in United States on 05 May 2014 12:12 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:	4.5M
Depth:	16.1 Km
Lat/Lon:	67.6626 , -162.6079
Event Date:	05 May 2014 12:12 UTC 05 May 2014 04:12 Local
Exposed Population:	About 3660 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	05 May 2014 12:48 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

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1048929	05 May 2014 12:12	4.6M, 25km	N/A	3 thousand (in 100km)	00:07	NEIC
1048930	05 May 2014 12:12	4.6M, 25km	N/A	3 thousand (in 100km)	00:07	USGS
1048933	05 May 2014 12:12	4.5M, 13.71km	N/A	4 thousand (in 100km)	00:20	NEIC
1048936	05 May 2014 12:12	4.5M, 16.1km	N/A	4 thousand (in 100km)	00:35	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 United States , State of Alaska (population 572,432) .

Radius	Population
100 km	3500 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Alaska	United States	570000 people

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
Noatak	WTK	27	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4000	30 km
Red Dog	RDB	297					31 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Red Dog	Wake Island	68 km
Kivalina	Wake Island	92 km
Kotzebue	Wake Island	98 km

More information

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