M 5.6 in United States on 08 Feb 2018 11:04 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: 5.6M
Depth: 211.02 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.5675 , -179.4521
Event Date: 08 Feb 2018 11:04 UTC
07 Feb 2018 23:04 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000cysh
Inserted at: 08 Feb 2018 11:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000cysh Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1198013 0 08 Feb 2018 11:03 5.4M, 300km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:06 NTWC    
1198018 0 08 Feb 2018 11:04 5.6M, 211.02km 3.05 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 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
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1198018 52.568/-179.452 5.6 211.02 3.05 08 Feb 2018 11:49 00:45 (new episode)
2 0 1198018 52.568/-179.452 5.6 211.02 3.05 08 Feb 2018 13:06 02:02 (upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Alaska United States no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Amchitka Island AHT 69 0 159 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Semisopochroi Wake Island 91 km
Tanaga Island Wake Island 118 km
Constantine Harbour Wake Island 157 km
Amchitka Island Wake Island 159 km

More information

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