M 4.5 in United States on 27 Aug 2016 08:24 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: 39.28 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.1043 , -166.7081
Event Date: 27 Aug 2016 08:24 UTC
26 Aug 2016 21:24 Local
Exposed Population:
About 4747 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20006uhu
Inserted at: 27 Aug 2016 08:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006uhu 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
1138020 0 27 Aug 2016 08:24 4.5M, 39.28km N/A 5 thousand (in 100km) 00:32 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 Kashega, and Chernofski.

Radius Population
100 km 4700 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

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kashega Alaska United States Village - 50 km
Chernofski Alaska United States Village - 66 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
Chernofski Harbor KCN unknown 0 65 km
Beaver Inlet Sea Port BVD unknown 0 75 km
Unalaska - Emergency Field DUT 7 Civ. Paved Yes 3900 89 km
Driftwood Bay DFB unknown 0 96 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cannery Bay Wake Island 66 km
Makushin Wake Island 76 km
Unalaska USUAA Wake Island 86 km
Dutch Harbor USDUT Wake Island 88 km

More information

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