M 7.5 in United States on 05 Jan 2013 08:58 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: 7.5M
Depth: 9.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 55.368 , -134.621
Event Date: 05 Jan 2013 08:58 UTC
04 Jan 2013 23:58 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC usc000ejqv
Inserted at: 05 Jan 2013 13:56 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.5 0.5
usc000ejqv Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.45m  
  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
121780 0.8 05 Jan 2013 08:58 7.7M, 5km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.8m (at 00:42) 00:05 NEIC
121781 0.5 05 Jan 2013 08:58 7.3M, 10km N/A Few people (in 100km) 0.3m (at 00:40) 00:08 NEIC
121782 0.5 05 Jan 2013 08:58 7.4M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.5m (at 03:32) 00:11 NEIC
121783 0.8 05 Jan 2013 08:58 7.7M, 9.6km N/A Few people (in 100km) 0.9m (at 00:44) 00:14 NEIC
121785 0.5 05 Jan 2013 08:58 7.5M, 9.9km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.5m (at 03:32) 00:59 NEIC
121793 0.5 05 Jan 2013 08:58 7.5M, 9.8km N/A Few people (in 100km) 0.5m (at 00:38) 04:57 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 77 km
Port Alexander unknown 0 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Port Conclusion Wake Island 98 km

More information

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