M 6 in United States on 19 Jul 2018 14:16 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: 6.0M
Depth: 17.13 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.476 , -160.8965
Event Date: 19 Jul 2018 14:16 UTC
19 Jul 2018 03:16 Local
Exposed Population: About 400 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000g8tr
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2018 14:36 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
us2000g8tr 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
1220249 0 19 Jul 2018 14:16 5.7M, 84km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:05 NTWC    
1220256 0 19 Jul 2018 14:16 6M, 17.13km 4.02 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 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 87 km
Sand Point SDP 6 Civ. Paved Yes 4000 97 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Unga Wake Island 82 km
Baralof Bay Wake Island 87 km
Sand Point Wake Island 98 km
Belkofski Wake Island 99 km

More information

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