M 4.67 in United States on 27 Jul 2020 16:05 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: 4.7M
Depth: 35.97 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.9306666666667 , -155.461166666667
Event Date: 27 Jul 2020 16:05 UTC
27 Jul 2020 06:05 Local
Exposed Population: 130000 people within 100km
Source: HVO hv72063082
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2020 17:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
HVO 0 0
hv72063082 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
1323603 0 27 Jul 2020 16:05 4.68M, 35.27km 4.19 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:37 HVO
1323604 0 27 Jul 2020 16:05 4.67M, 35.97km 3.72 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:01 HVO
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 Hawaii (population 24) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1323603 18.96/-155.481 4.9 46.9 4.184 27 Jul 2020 16:45 00:39 (new episode)
2 0 1323603 18.96/-155.481 4.9 46.9 4.193 27 Jul 2020 16:54 00:48 (upd of #1)
3 0 1323604 18.995/-155.459 4.6 39.0 3.989 27 Jul 2020 17:07 01:01 (new episode)
4 0 1323604 18.984/-155.455 4.6 38.5 3.971 27 Jul 2020 17:44 01:38 (upd of #3)
5 0 1323604 18.984/-155.455 4.6 38.5 3.734 27 Jul 2020 18:09 02:03 (upd of #4)
6 0 1323604 18.984/-155.455 4.6 38.5 3.725 28 Jul 2020 16:09 1d 00:03 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Hawaii United States <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kaalualu Hawaii United States Village - 17 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.