Overall Green Earthquake alert in Canada from 23 Dec 2019 23:38 UTC to 23:38

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M 4.9 in Canada from 23 Dec 2019 23:38 UTC to 23:38

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:	4.9M
Depth:	16 Km
Lat/Lon:	50.702 , -129.424
Event Date:	23 Dec 2019 23:38 UTC 23 Dec 2019 14:38 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people within 100km
Source:	NTWC at00q2zoc9
Inserted at:	23 Dec 2019 23:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.4 (Canada)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NTWC	0		0
at00q2zoc9	Scaled population (vector)	0.73
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.68

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1287077	23 Dec 2019 23:38	4.9M, 16km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:06	NTWC
1287088	23 Dec 2019 23:38	4.7M, 10km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	02:03	NEIC
1287408	23 Dec 2019 23:38	4.9M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	2d 01:51	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 Canada , Province of British Columbia (population 3,415,527) .

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
British Columbia	Canada	3.4 million people
Washington	United States	5.1 million people
Alaska	United States	570000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Scott Island		Canada	58 km

More information

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