Overall Green Earthquake alert in Canada on 01 May 2017 12:31 UTC

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M 6.2 in Canada on 01 May 2017 12:31 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:	6.2M
Depth:	2.18 Km
Lat/Lon:	59.8438 , -136.6945
Event Date:	01 May 2017 12:31 UTC 01 May 2017 05:31 Local
Exposed Population:	About 100 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008mel
Inserted at:	01 May 2017 12:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	2.4 (Canada)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Canada= 2.4; United States= 2.2

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10008mel	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1166085	01 May 2017 12:31	6.3M, 0km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:04	ALASKA EC
1166086	01 May 2017 12:31	6.5M, 0.1km	7.65	Few people (in 100km)	00:07	ALASKA EC
1166090	01 May 2017 12:31	6.5M, 0km	7.54	4 thousand (in 100km)	00:16	ALASKA EC
1166095	01 May 2017 12:31	6.2M, 2.18km	7.49	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:22	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 Canada ,of British Columbia. The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1166095	59.844/-136.694	6.2	2.18	7.62	01 May 2017 12:54	00:22	(new episode)
	2	0	1166095	59.844/-136.694	6.2	2.18	7.49	01 May 2017 14:35	02:03	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
British Columbia	Canada	no people
British Columbia	Canada	no people
Yukon Territory	Canada	no people
British Columbia	Canada	no people
Yukon Territory	Canada	<1000 people
Alaska	United States	no people
British Columbia	Canada	<1000 people
Yukon Territory	Canada	28000 people
Alaska	United States	4100 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dalton Post	Yukon	Canada	Village	no people	37 km
Klukshu	Yukon	Canada	Village	no people	54 km
Dezodeash	Yukon	Canada	Village	-	63 km
Wells	Alaska	United States	Village	-	65 km
Bennett	British Columbia	Canada	Village	-	94 km
Tanani	Alaska	United States	Village	-	95 km
Port Chilkoot	Alaska	United States	Village	-	99 km
Chilkat	Alaska	United States	Village	-	100 km
Champagne	Yukon	Canada	Village	-	106 km
Haines Junction	Yukon	Canada	Village	1100 people	112 km
Carcross	Yukon	Canada	Village	-	117 km
Bear Creek	Yukon	Canada	Village	-	120 km
Robinson	Yukon	Canada	Village	-	123 km
MacRae	Yukon	Canada	Village	-	129 km
Takhini	Yukon	Canada	Village	-	132 km
Whitehorse	Yukon	Canada	Major city	19000 people	134 km
Takhini Hotspring	Yukon	Canada	Village	-	137 km
Tagish	Yukon	Canada	Village	-	144 km
Taku	British Columbia	Canada	Village	-	163 km
Scotia Bay	British Columbia	Canada	Village	-	164 km
Situk	Alaska	United States	Village	-	168 km
Atlin	British Columbia	Canada	Village	-	171 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
Mule Creek		884				0	9 km
Skagway Municipal	SGY	13	Civ.	Paved	No	3700	89 km
Haines	HNS	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4000	94 km
Haines Municipal		5				0	94 km
Haines Junction	YHT	655	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5000	110 km
Tanis Mesa		40				0	122 km
Alsek River		9				0	123 km
East Alsek River		6				0	126 km
Whitehorse	YXY	703	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8100	132 km
Cousins		671				0	137 km
Harlequin Lake		30				0	140 km
Dangerous River		15				0	149 km
Bartlett Cove	BQV	unknown				0	162 km
Situk		15				0	162 km
Gustavus	GST	11	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6700	168 km
Atlin		716	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3900	173 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Skagway	USSGY	Wake Island	89 km
Haines	USHNS	Wake Island	98 km
Letnikof Cove		Wake Island	104 km

More information

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