M 4.7 in United States on 15 May 2017 14:31 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: 4.7M
Depth: 42.34 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.3332 , -173.5943
Event Date: 15 May 2017 14:31 UTC
15 May 2017 05:31 Local
Exposed Population: Few people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008sjv
Inserted at: 15 May 2017 15:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008sjv Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1167909 0 15 May 2017 14:31 4.7M, 42.34km 3.77 Few people (in 100km) 00:52 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 Atka.

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
Atka Alaska United States Village <1000 people 45 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
Atka AKB 10 0 44 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Palisades Point Wake Island 40 km

More information

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