M 4.5 in Canada on 28 Oct 2012 05:51 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: 4.5M
Depth: 10.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.8145 , -132.714
Event Date: 28 Oct 2012 05:51 UTC
27 Oct 2012 20:51 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000dfdb
Inserted at: 28 Oct 2012 06:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000dfdb 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
120515 0.5 28 Oct 2012 05:51 4.5M, 10.3km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 00:43 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 Canada , Province of British Columbia (population 3,415,527) .

Radius Population
100 km 2500 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
British Columbia Canada 3.4 million 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
Queen Charlotte Is ZQS unknown 51 km
Sandspit YZP 6 Civ. Paved Yes 5100 77 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Queen Charlotte CASKI Canada 66 km
Sandspit Canada 77 km

More information

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