M 6.6 in United States from 02 Jun 2017 22:24 UTC to 22:24

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: 6.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Event Date: 02 Jun 2017 22:24 UTC
03 Jun 2017 09:24 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: GEOFON gfz2017ktkv
Inserted at: 02 Jun 2017 22:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
GEOFON 0 1 1
gfz2017ktkv Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1169713 1 02 Jun 2017 22:24 6.6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:09 GEOFON
1169716 1 02 Jun 2017 22:24 6.9M, 31km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:11 PTWC
1169719 1 02 Jun 2017 22:24 6.9M, 4.31km 4.17 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 02:10) 00:20 NEIC
1169726 1 02 Jun 2017 22:24 6.8M, 10km 4.1 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:56 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.

Tsunami affected locations

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)

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Initial conditions

Title: "M6.6 Near Islands. Aleutian Islands"

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 54.15
  • Longitude: 170.77
  • Length: 31 km
  • Width: 8 km
  • Magnitude: 6.6 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .9 m
  • Strike: 303 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 35 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 10 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 169.27, 52.65, 172.27, 55.65
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.19 minutes

Sea Level

More information

  • Timeline:
    Tsunami calculations performed to this case, click here

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