Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States from 09 Jan 2017 19:20 UTC to 19:20

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M 5.1 in United States from 09 Jan 2017 19:20 UTC to 19:20

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.1M
Depth:	91 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.719 , -169.638
Event Date:	09 Jan 2017 19:20 UTC 09 Jan 2017 09:20 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people within 100km
Source:	NTWC at00ojj1pg
Inserted at:	09 Jan 2017 19:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NTWC	n.a		n.a
at00ojj1pg	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1153465		n.a	09 Jan 2017 19:20	5.1M, 91km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)		00:07	NTWC
1153468		n.a	09 Jan 2017 19:20	5.4M, 88.27km	3.78	Few people (in 100km)		00:22	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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in United States , State of Alaska (population 572,432) . The nearest places are and Nikolski.

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

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Nikolski	Alaska	United States	Village	<1000 people	58 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
Nikolski AS	IKO	22				0	59 km

More information

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