M 4.5 in United States on 23 Nov 2014 17:32 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: 48.21 Km
Lat/Lon: 60.45 , -151.1
Event Date: 23 Nov 2014 17:32 UTC
23 Nov 2014 08:32 Local
Exposed Population:
About 87397 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 23 Nov 2014 18:03 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
1065433 0 23 Nov 2014 17:32 4.5M, 48.21km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 00:30 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) . The nearest places are and Seward.

Radius Population
100 km 87000 people
75 km 36000 people
50 km 34000 people
20 km 29000 people
10 km 16000 people
5 km 12000 people
2 km 1500 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
United States Alaska 570000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Seward Alaska United States Major city 2800 people 99 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
Gaede 35 3 km
Soldotna SXQ 33 Civ. Paved Yes 5000 4 km
Doyle Estates 15 9 km
Mackeys Lakes 53 9 km
Dahler Homestead 91 10 km
Kenai Municipal ENA 28 Civ. Paved Yes 7500 14 km
Kasilof 38 15 km
Dutch Landing Strip 91 15 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kenai Wake Island 12 km
Nikiski USNKI Wake Island 28 km

More information

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