M 4.6 in United States on 03 Oct 2012 00:50 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: 4.6M
Depth: 39.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.2156 , -166.719
Event Date: 03 Oct 2012 00:50 UTC
02 Oct 2012 13:50 Local
Exposed Population:
About 4000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000d04d
Inserted at: 03 Oct 2012 01:17 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000d04d Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
120022 0.5 03 Oct 2012 00:50 4.6M, 39.8km N/A 4 thousand (in 100km) 00:27 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 3800 people
75 km 2100 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
Chernofski Harbor KCN unknown 59 km
Beaver Inlet Sea Port BVD unknown 63 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cannery Bay Wake Island 54 km
Makushin Wake Island 64 km

More information

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