M 5.6 in United States on 18 Jul 2018 19:06 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: 5.6M
Depth: 28.04 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.4006 , -160.7164
Event Date: 18 Jul 2018 19:06 UTC
18 Jul 2018 08:06 Local
Exposed Population: Few people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000g83v
Inserted at: 18 Jul 2018 20:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000g83v Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1220131 0 18 Jul 2018 19:06 5.5M, 10km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:05 NTWC    
1220135 0 18 Jul 2018 19:06 5.7M, 13.02km 3.54 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:14 NEIC
1220141 0 18 Jul 2018 19:06 5.6M, 28.04km 3.77 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:03 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 <1000 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.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Squaw Harbor unknown 0 93 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Unga Wake Island 88 km
Baralof Bay Wake Island 93 km

More information

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