Overall Green Earthquake alert in Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands on 26 Oct 2019 00:41 UTC

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M 5.8 in Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands on 26 Oct 2019 00:41 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:	5.8M
Depth:	30.11 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.3205 , -170.1384
Event Date:	26 Oct 2019 00:41 UTC 25 Oct 2019 13:41 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000632m
Inserted at:	27 Oct 2019 04:11 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
us6000632m	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.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1276026	26 Oct 2019 00:41	5.8M, 33km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	00:07	NTWC
1276027	26 Oct 2019 00:41	5.8M, 33.77km	3.76	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	04:41	NEIC
1276070	26 Oct 2019 00:41	5.8M, 30.11km	3.77	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	1d 03:29	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

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1276027	52.33/-170.147	5.8	33.8	3.868	26 Oct 2019 00:59	00:17	(new episode)
2	1276027	52.33/-170.147	5.8	33.8	3.868	26 Oct 2019 02:44	02:03	(upd of #1)
3	1276027	52.33/-170.147	5.8	33.8	3.868	26 Oct 2019 05:12	04:31	(upd of #2)
4	1276027	52.33/-170.147	5.8	33.8	3.765	26 Oct 2019 05:23	04:41	(upd of #3)
5	1276027	52.33/-170.147	5.8	33.8	3.765	27 Oct 2019 00:44	1d 00:03	(upd of #4)
6	1276070	52.33/-170.147	5.8	33.8	3.765	27 Oct 2019 03:59	1d 03:18	(new episode)
7	1276070	52.32/-170.138	5.8	30.1	3.76	27 Oct 2019 04:02	1d 03:20	(upd of #6)
8	1276070	52.342/-170.193	5.8	35.0	3.793	27 Oct 2019 04:11	1d 03:29	(upd of #7)
9	1276070	52.321/-170.172	5.8	35.0	3.769	28 Oct 2019 21:48	2d 21:06	(upd of #8)

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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