M 5 in United States on 07 Apr 2006 14:36 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: 5.0M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 50.7456 , 179.944
Event Date: 07 Apr 2006 14:36 UTC
08 Apr 2006 02:36 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 07 Apr 2006 17:49 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 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
17631 0.5 07 Apr 2006 14:36 4.7M, 100km N/A Few people (in 100km) 03:12 EMSC
17632 0.5 07 Apr 2006 14:36 5M, 50km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 03:13 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 Amchitka.

Radius Population
100 km no 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
Amchitka Alaska United States Village <1000 people 56 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
Amchitka Island AHT 69 0 25 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Constantine Harbour Wake Island 22 km
Amchitka Island Wake Island 45 km
Semisopochroi Wake Island 67 km

More information

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