M 5.9 in United States on 05 Sep 2019 15:02 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: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.72 , -127.8397
Event Date: 05 Sep 2019 15:02 UTC
05 Sep 2019 06:02 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70005cba
Inserted at: 06 Sep 2019 15:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70005cba Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1271462 0 05 Sep 2019 15:02 5.8M, 12km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:06 NTWC
1271463 0 05 Sep 2019 15:02 5.9M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:36 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1271463 43.72/-127.84 5.9 10.0 None 05 Sep 2019 15:24 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1271463 43.72/-127.84 5.9 10.0 None 05 Sep 2019 15:37 00:34 (upd of #1)
3 0 1271463 43.72/-127.84 5.9 10.0 None 05 Sep 2019 17:05 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1271463 43.72/-127.84 5.9 10.0 None 05 Sep 2019 20:03 05:00 (upd of #3)
5 0 1271463 43.72/-127.84 5.9 10.0 None 06 Sep 2019 15:06 1d 00:03 (upd of #4)
6 0 1271463 43.713/-127.827 5.9 10.0 None 06 Sep 2019 15:39 1d 00:36 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces



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.