M 6.1 in United States on 23 May 2019 08:45 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: 6.1M
Depth: 27.79 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.3631 , -178.3306
Event Date: 23 May 2019 08:45 UTC
22 May 2019 23:45 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60003r2r
Inserted at: 24 May 2019 08:49 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
us60003r2r Scaled population (raster) 0  
  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
1261344 0 23 May 2019 08:45 5.9M, 76km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:05 NTWC
1261348 0 23 May 2019 08:45 6.1M, 27.79km 4.94 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 1261348 51.363/-178.331 6.1 27.8 4.942 23 May 2019 09:06 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1261348 51.363/-178.331 6.1 27.8 4.976 23 May 2019 10:23 01:37 (upd of #1)
3 0 1261348 51.363/-178.331 6.1 27.8 4.976 23 May 2019 10:52 02:07 (upd of #2)
4 0 1261348 51.363/-178.331 6.1 27.8 4.944 24 May 2019 08:49 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Alaska United States no people
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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