M 6.4 in United States on 12 Aug 2018 14:58 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1153396
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 9.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 69.6239 , -145.2468
Event Date: 12 Aug 2018 14:58 UTC
12 Aug 2018 06:58 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 300 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2018 16:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0 0
ak20076877 Scaled population (vector) 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 247 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Un terremoto de magnitud 6.6 sacude Alaska sin causar dañosThu, 16 Aug 2018 04:31:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,6 se registró la noche de este miércoles en el Pacífico norte, unos 41 kilómetros al sur del volcán Tanaga de la isla de Tanaga, que forma parte del archipiélago de las Aleutianas (Alaska, EE.UU.), informa el Serv
...(more)
Small Earthquake Hits Near Talkeetna, AlaskaThu, 16 Aug 2018 04:23:00 +0200.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit north of Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake hit at about 8:56 a.m. local time, some 18 miles southeast of Talkeetna. There were no immedia
...(more)
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Mapping volcanic ash fall for all weathersThursda ... Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:01:00 +0200.

Source: Earthquake Commission – EQC. Research funded by the Earthquake Commission (EQC) has developed a way of calculating where the ash from a volcano is most likely to fall, and its thickness, in different parts of New Zealand. Research t
...(more)
EQC mapping volcanic ash fall for all weathersThu, 16 Aug 2018 00:52:00 +0200.

Research funded by the Earthquake Commission (EQC) has developed a way of calculating where the ash from a volcano is most likely to fall, and its thickness, in different parts of New Zealand. Research team leader Dr. Simon Barker, from Vic
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), CALTECH (1), NOAA (1),