Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iceland on 21 Jun 2020 19:07 UTC

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M 6 in Iceland on 21 Jun 2020 19:07 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:	6.0M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	66.3892 , -18.6873
Event Date:	21 Jun 2020 19:07 UTC 21 Jun 2020 19:07 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VI About 31000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000ag18
Inserted at:	21 Jun 2020 21:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.9 (Iceland)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000ag18	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.62

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1316906		0	21 Jun 2020 19:07	6M, 10km	5.51	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC
1316938		0	21 Jun 2020 19:07	6M, 10km	5.42	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		02:04	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 Iceland ,of Nordhurland Eystra. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1316906	66.581/-18.511	6.0	10.0	5.509	21 Jun 2020 19:27	00:19	(new episode)
2	1316906	66.581/-18.511	6.0	10.0	5.509	21 Jun 2020 19:38	00:30	(upd of #1)
3	1316938	66.581/-18.511	6.0	10.0	4.92	21 Jun 2020 21:12	02:04	(new episode)
4	1316938	66.389/-18.687	6.0	10.0	5.416	21 Jun 2020 21:24	02:16	(upd of #3)
5	1316938	66.389/-18.687	6.0	10.0	5.416	22 Jun 2020 19:17	1d 00:09	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nordhurland Eystra	Iceland	no people
Nordhurland Eystra	Iceland	9300 people
Nordhurland Vestra	Iceland	3700 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hvanneyri	Iceland	Village	-	24 km
Siglufjordhur	Iceland	City	-	28 km
Vík	Iceland	Village	-	29 km
Ólafsfjörður	Iceland	Village	1000 people	36 km
Thönglabakki	Iceland	Village	-	37 km
Kvíabekkur	Iceland	Village	-	41 km
Haganes	Iceland	Village	-	41 km
Upsir	Iceland	Village	-	42 km
Flatey	Iceland	Village	-	45 km
Brettingsstadhir	Iceland	Village	-	46 km
Dalvík	Iceland	Village	1500 people	46 km
Bardh	Iceland	Village	-	47 km
Hrisey	Iceland	Village	-	48 km
Knappstaðir	Iceland	Village	-	49 km
Hrappstadhakot	Iceland	Village	-	49 km
Fell	Iceland	Village	-	51 km
Litli-Árskógssandur	Iceland	Village	-	52 km
Hofdhi	Iceland	Village	-	53 km
Grenivík	Iceland	Village	-	55 km
Urdhir	Iceland	Village	-	56 km
Kljáströnd	Iceland	Village	-	58 km
Hof	Iceland	Village	-	63 km
Laufás	Iceland	Village	-	64 km
Hafsós	Iceland	Village	-	64 km
Hjalteyri	Iceland	Village	<1000 people	65 km
Gardhur	Iceland	Village	-	66 km
Hallbjarnarstadhir	Iceland	Village	-	70 km
Húsavík	Iceland	City	-	71 km
Modhruvellir	Iceland	Village	-	72 km
Keta	Iceland	Village	-	72 km
Hallbjarnarstaðir	Iceland	Village	-	72 km
Hraun	Iceland	Village	-	72 km
Thoroddsstadhur	Iceland	Village	-	74 km
Selnes	Iceland	Village	-	74 km
Hólar	Iceland	Village	-	74 km
Vidhvik	Iceland	Village	-	75 km
Laxamýri	Iceland	Village	-	75 km
Skefilsstadhir	Iceland	Village	-	77 km
Hvammur	Iceland	Village	-	78 km
Hofstadhir	Iceland	Village	-	79 km
Mana	Iceland	Village	-	79 km
Nes	Iceland	Village	-	81 km
Sjafarborg	Iceland	Village	-	81 km
Akureyri	Iceland	City	17000 people	83 km
Grenjaðarstaður	Iceland	Village	-	84 km
Saudharkrokur	Iceland	Village	-	84 km
Ríp	Iceland	Village	-	87 km
Garðhur	Iceland	Village	-	89 km
Reynistadhir	Iceland	Village	-	91 km
Glaumbær	Iceland	Village	-	94 km
Miklibær	Iceland	Village	-	99 km
Holl	Iceland	Village	-	101 km
Kópasker	Iceland	Village	-	102 km
Skinnastaðir	Iceland	Village	-	107 km
Blikalon	Iceland	Village	-	109 km
Asmundarstadhir	Iceland	Village	-	120 km
Skútustaðir	Iceland	Village	-	123 km

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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
Siglufjordhur	SIJ	3	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3500	30 km
Olafsfjordur	OFJ	unknown				0	32 km
Grimsey	GRY	25				0	35 km
Husavik	HZK	15	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5200	75 km
Saudarkrokur	SAK	2	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	6100	83 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Siglufjord	ISSIG	Iceland	26 km
Siglufjorhur	ISSIG	Iceland	30 km
Olafsfjorhur		Iceland	34 km
Hjalteyri		Iceland	64 km
Husavik		Iceland	72 km
Saudarkrokur		Iceland	83 km

More information

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