M 5 in United States on 27 Aug 2016 15:14 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: 6.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 55.7872 , -158.362
Event Date: 27 Aug 2016 15:14 UTC
27 Aug 2016 07:14 Local
Exposed Population:
About 490 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20006ukd
Inserted at: 27 Aug 2016 15:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006ukd 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
1138048 0 27 Aug 2016 15:14 4.6M, 0km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:12 ALASKA EC
1138049 0 27 Aug 2016 15:14 4.8M, 0km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:21 ALASKA EC
1138051 0 27 Aug 2016 15:14 5M, 6.8km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:42 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 Mitrofania, Perryville, Chignik, and Chignik Lake.

Radius Population
100 km <1000 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km no 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
Mitrofania Alaska United States Village - 37 km
Perryville Alaska United States Village <1000 people 52 km
Chignik Alaska United States Village <1000 people 65 km
Chignik Lake Alaska United States Village <1000 people 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
Perryville 7 0 53 km
Chignik Bay KBW unknown 0 65 km
Chignik Lake 15 0 66 km
Chignik Fisheries KCG 8 0 67 km
Chignik Lagoon KCL 15 0 68 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Perryville USPYX Wake Island 52 km
Chignik Wake Island 65 km

More information

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