M 5 in United States on 21 Oct 2014 00:36 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: 15.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 65.15 , -149
Event Date: 21 Oct 2014 00:36 UTC
20 Oct 2014 16:36 Local
Exposed Population:
About 90563 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 21 Oct 2014 15:15 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
1062871 0 21 Oct 2014 00:36 5M, 15km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 00:03 USGS
1062873 0 21 Oct 2014 00:36 5M, 15km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 00:08 NEIC
1062876 0 21 Oct 2014 00:36 5.1M, 15.8km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 00:23 NEIC
1062935 0 21 Oct 2014 00:36 5M, 15.3km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 14:38 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 90000 people
75 km 72000 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km <1000 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
Minto 140 15 km
Minto MNT unknown 29 km

More information

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