M 6.3 in Balleny Islands Region on 08 Oct 2017 20:48 UTC

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: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Event Date: 08 Oct 2017 20:48 UTC
09 Oct 2017 06:48 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000b2v1
Inserted at: 08 Oct 2017 21:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us2000b2v1 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1183275 0 08 Oct 2017 20:48 6.3M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:16 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: "Balleny Islands region"

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: -61.743
  • Longitude: 154.553
  • Length: 22 km
  • Width: 6 km
  • Magnitude: 6.3 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .6 m
  • Strike: 309 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 45 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 10 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 153.053, -63.243, 156.053, -60.243
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.2 minutes

Sea Level

More information

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

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