M 5.8 in United States on 27 Oct 2016 11:53 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: 5.8M
Depth: 17.22 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.6236 , -163.2767
Event Date: 27 Oct 2016 11:53 UTC
27 Oct 2016 00:53 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us100072bs
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2016 12:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100072bs 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
1144250 0 27 Oct 2016 11:53 5.8M, 46km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:06 NTWC    
1144255 0 27 Oct 2016 11:53 5.8M, 17.22km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:16 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 no people
75 km no 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

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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