M 4.6 in Canada on 28 Oct 2012 21:38 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 24.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.6016 , -131.893
Event Date: 28 Oct 2012 21:38 UTC
28 Oct 2012 14:38 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000dg3t
Inserted at: 28 Oct 2012 22:04 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000dg3t 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
120544 0.5 28 Oct 2012 21:38 5M, 20km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 00:09 NEIC
120545 0.5 28 Oct 2012 21:38 4.6M, 24.7km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 00:25 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 2200 people
75 km <1000 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 63 km
Sandspit YZP 6 Civ. Paved Yes 5100 92 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Queen Charlotte CASKI Canada 83 km
Sandspit Canada 92 km

More information

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