M 5 in Svalbard and Jan Mayen on 31 May 2017 13:59 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: 7.69 Km
Lat/Lon: 77.0335 , 15.7973
Event Date: 31 May 2017 13:59 UTC
31 May 2017 15:59 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008wu0
Inserted at: 31 May 2017 14:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008wu0 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
1169530 0 31 May 2017 13:59 5M, 7.69km N/A Few people (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

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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