Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States from 29 Jul 2015 02:35 UTC to 02:35

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M 6.5 in United States from 29 Jul 2015 02:35 UTC to 02:35

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:	6.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	60.01 , -153.41
Event Date:	29 Jul 2015 02:35 UTC 28 Jul 2015 18:35 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1622 people within 100km
Source:	GEOFON gfz2015osbh
Inserted at:	29 Jul 2015 02:44 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
GEOFON	0		0
gfz2015osbh	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

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1090133	n.a	29 Jul 2015 02:35	6.2M, 124km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)	00:06	NTWC
1090134	0	29 Jul 2015 02:35	6.5M, 10km	N/A	2 thousand (in 100km)	00:08	GEOFON
1090140	n.a	29 Jul 2015 02:35	6.2M, 121.42km	N/A	4 thousand (in 100km)	00:21	NEIC
1090141	n.a	29 Jul 2015 02:35	6.3M, 118km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)	00:27	ALASKA EC
1090150	n.a	29 Jul 2015 02:35	6.3M, 116.6km	4.92	10 thousand (in 100km)	01:21	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) .

Radius	Population
100 km	1600 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

	Country	Region Province	Population
	United States	Alaska	570000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Distance
Camp Point		2	31 km
Pedro Bay	PDB	14	41 km
Port Alsworth	PTA	85	50 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Snug Harbor		Wake Island	53 km
Drift River		Wake Island	96 km

More information

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