M 6.3 in United States on 24 Nov 2019 00:54 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: 25.06 Km
Event Date: 24 Nov 2019 00:54 UTC
23 Nov 2019 12:54 Local
Exposed Population: About 100 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70006cb6
Inserted at: 24 Nov 2019 01:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us70006cb6 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.65      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1280275 0 24 Nov 2019 00:54 5.6M, 34km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:06 NTWC
1280280 0 24 Nov 2019 00:54 6.3M, 25.06km 4.72 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:21 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: ""M 6.3, 85km ESE of Adak, Alaska""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 51.527
  • Longitude: -175.559
  • Length: 22 km
  • Width: 6 km
  • Magnitude: 6.3 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .6 m
  • Strike: 264 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 15 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 25 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): -177.059, 50.027, -174.059, 53.027
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.25 minutes

Sea Level

More information

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