Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States from 17 Feb 2020 09:18 UTC to 09:18

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M 4.8 in United States from 17 Feb 2020 09:18 UTC to 09:18

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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:	4.8M
Depth:	113.5 Km
Lat/Lon:	57.6573 , -156.2086
Event Date:	17 Feb 2020 09:18 UTC 17 Feb 2020 00:18 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people within 100km
Source:	ALASKA EC ak02027j9fgu
Inserted at:	17 Feb 2020 09:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
ALASKA EC	0		0
ak02027j9fgu	Scaled population (vector)	0.72
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.65

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1296624	17 Feb 2020 09:18	4.8M, 118.5km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:04	ALASKA EC
1296625	17 Feb 2020 09:18	4.8M, 113.5km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:05	ALASKA EC
1296626	17 Feb 2020 09:18	4.8M, 110km	3.39	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:07	ALASKA EC
1296627	17 Feb 2020 09:18	4.7M, 98.9km	3.39	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:11	ALASKA EC

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 United States , State of Alaska (population 572,432) . The nearest places are and Kanatak.

Radius	Population
100 km	<1000 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Alaska	United States	570000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kanatak	Alaska	United States	Village	-	14 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Bear Creek	BCC	unknown				0	21 km
Fort Jensen		73				0	59 km
Ugashik Bay	UGB	40				0	73 km
Ugashik/new	UGS	8				0	73 km
Pilot Point	PIP	17				0	82 km
Big Creek	BIC	unknown				0	82 km
Egegik	EGX	26	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3000	91 km
Bartletts		15				0	92 km
Raspberry Strait	RSP	unknown				0	99 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Kanatak	Wake Island	15 km
Ugashik	Wake Island	74 km
Pilot Point	Wake Island	83 km
Karluk	Wake Island	91 km
Egegik	Wake Island	93 km

More information

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