Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States from 26 Jul 2016 19:46 UTC to 19:46

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M 4.7 in United States from 26 Jul 2016 19:46 UTC to 19:46

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:	3.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.7875 , -166.7298
Event Date:	26 Jul 2016 19:46 UTC 26 Jul 2016 08:46 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people within 100km
Source:	ALASKA EC ak13802555
Inserted at:	26 Jul 2016 20:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
ALASKA EC	0		0
ak13802555	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1134959	26 Jul 2016 19:46	5M, 33km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:07	NTWC
1134962	26 Jul 2016 19:46	5.3M, 21.65km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:19	NEIC
1134964	26 Jul 2016 19:46	4.7M, 3.8km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:46	ALASKA EC

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 (population 2) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1134962	52.913/-166.802	5.3	21.65	0	17 Oct 2016 11:26	82d 15:40	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Alaska	United States	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity	Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
	Kashega	Alaska	United States	Village	-	65 km
	Chernofski	Alaska	United States	Village	-	74 km

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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
	Chernofski Harbor	KCN	unknown				0	73 km
	Umnak Island	UMB	unknown				0	89 km

More information

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