M 4.8 in United States on 12 May 2017 22:53 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: 4.8M
Depth: 4.36 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.681 , -164.527
Event Date: 12 May 2017 22:53 UTC
12 May 2017 14:53 Local
Exposed Population: Few people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008s1v
Inserted at: 12 May 2017 23:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008s1v Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1167611 0 12 May 2017 22:53 4.8M, 4.36km 2.78 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:27 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 ,of Alaska. The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1167611 0/0 N/A N/A N/A 12 May 2017 23:21 00:27 (new episode)
2 0 1167611 0/0 N/A N/A N/A 13 May 2017 00:02 01:08 (upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Alaska United States no people


Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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