M 5.2 in United States on 19 Dec 2010 04:52 UTC

Hazard models

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: 5.2M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 53.75 , -163.39
Event Date: 19 Dec 2010 04:52 UTC
18 Dec 2010 17:52 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 19 Dec 2010 05:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
101173 0.5 19 Dec 2010 04:52 5.3M, 54km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:14 EMSC
101174 0.5 19 Dec 2010 04:52 4.9M, 32.5km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:18 NEIC
101175 0.5 19 Dec 2010 04:52 5.1M, 30km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:18 EMSC
101176 0.5 19 Dec 2010 04:52 5.2M, 30km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:22 EMSC
101178 0.5 19 Dec 2010 04:52 5.1M, 40km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:46 EMSC
101179 0.5 19 Dec 2010 04:52 5.2M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 01:00 EMSC
101180 0.5 19 Dec 2010 04:52 5.2M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 01:02 EMSC
101190 0.5 19 Dec 2010 04:52 5.1M, 27km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 02:15 EMSC
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) .

Radius Population
100 km <1000 people
75 km no 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

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
False Pass KFP 6 0 93 km

More information

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