M 6.7 in United States on 29 May 2015 07:00 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: 6.7M
Depth: 55.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 56.5885 , -156.4354
Event Date: 29 May 2015 07:00 UTC
28 May 2015 21:00 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: ALASKA EC
Inserted at: 29 May 2015 08:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  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
1082365 0.5 29 May 2015 07:00 6.8M, 62km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:07 NTWC    
1082367 0.5 29 May 2015 07:00 6.9M, 10km N/A Few people (in 100km) 0.1m (at 02:15) 00:08 GEOFON
1082368 0.5 29 May 2015 07:00 6.8M, 62.4km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:09 PTWC
1082384 0.5 29 May 2015 07:00 6.8M, 61.7km 7.04 No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:21 NEIC
1082390 0.5 29 May 2015 07:00 7M, 51km 7.04 No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:48 ALASKA EC
1082399 0.5 29 May 2015 07:00 6.7M, 55.6km 6.19 No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 01:18 ALASKA EC
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 no 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.

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Chirikof Island Wake Island 95 km

More information

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