M 5.2 in United States from 14 Jan 2019 00:41 UTC to 00:41

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: 5.2M
Depth: 1.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 69.7804 , -144.9976
Event Date: 14 Jan 2019 00:41 UTC
13 Jan 2019 15:41 Local
Exposed Population: About 300 people within 100km
Source: ALASKA EC ak019n5rosi
Inserted at: 14 Jan 2019 00:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak019n5rosi Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1244873 0 14 Jan 2019 00:41 5.2M, 1.5km 6.3 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:06 ALASKA EC
1244876 0 14 Jan 2019 00:41 5.1M, 1.5km 6.3 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:13 ALASKA EC
1244877 0 14 Jan 2019 00:41 5M, 3.4km 5.24 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:14 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) . The nearest places are and Kaktovik.

Radius Population
100 km <1000 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
Alaska United States 570000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kaktovik Alaska United States Village <1000 people 66 km

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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
Brown Low Point 2 0 23 km
Flaxman Island FXM unknown 0 61 km
Barter Island BTI 2 Civ. Unpaved Yes 4800 67 km
West Kavik VKW unknown 0 75 km
Badami Airstrip 8 0 87 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kaktovik Wake Island 66 km

More information

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