M 4.6 in United States on 08 Jan 2013 18:45 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: 9.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 55.3865 , -134.944
Event Date: 08 Jan 2013 18:45 UTC
08 Jan 2013 09:45 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000el8z
Inserted at: 09 Jan 2013 23:02 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000el8z 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
121845 0.5 08 Jan 2013 18:45 5.5M, 10km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:08 NEIC
121876 0.5 08 Jan 2013 18:45 4.6M, 9.1km N/A Few people (in 100km) 1d 04:17 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
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
Cape Decision C.G. 10 0 85 km
Steamboat Bay WSB unknown 0 89 km
Port Alexander unknown 0 94 km
Cape Pole CZP unknown 0 98 km
Port Alice PTC unknown 0 99 km
Port Armstrong PTL unknown 0 100 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Steamboat Bay Wake Island 89 km
Port Conclusion Wake Island 94 km
Fishermans Harbor Wake Island 98 km
Port Armstrong Wake Island 99 km

More information

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