M 5.5 in United States on 14 Jan 2013 14:55 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: 5.5M
Depth: 11.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 55.1577 , -134.547
Event Date: 14 Jan 2013 14:55 UTC
14 Jan 2013 05:55 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000ensb
Inserted at: 14 Jan 2013 17:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000ensb 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
121956 0.5 14 Jan 2013 14:55 5.5M, 10km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:06 NEIC
121958 0.5 14 Jan 2013 14:55 5.5M, 20km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:27 NEIC
121959 0.5 14 Jan 2013 14:55 5.4M, 10km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:37 NEIC
121960 0.5 14 Jan 2013 14:55 5.5M, 10.1km N/A Few people (in 100km) 02:32 NEIC
121961 0.5 14 Jan 2013 14:55 5.5M, 11.9km N/A 1 thousand (in 100km) 02:45 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

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
Steamboat Bay WSB unknown 80 km
Waterfall KWF unknown 92 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Steamboat Bay Wake Island 80 km
Waterfall Wake Island 92 km

More information

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