M 6 in United States on 31 Dec 2018 02:35 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: 31 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.3874 , -161.5066
Event Date: 31 Dec 2018 02:35 UTC
30 Dec 2018 15:35 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000izcv
Inserted at: 31 Dec 2018 23:52 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
us2000izcv Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1243214 0 31 Dec 2018 02:35 5.8M, 34km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:05 NTWC    
1243217 0 31 Dec 2018 02:35 5.5M, 26.3km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 00:13 ALASKA EC
1243218 0 31 Dec 2018 02:35 6.1M, 26.92km 4.27 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 NEIC
1243330 0 31 Dec 2018 02:35 6M, 31km 4.23 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 21:16 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 1600 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
Pauloff Harbor KPH unknown 0 77 km
King Cove KVC 47 0 95 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Belkofski Wake Island 84 km
Sanak Island Wake Island 86 km
King Cove Wake Island 91 km

More information

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