M 5.1 in United States from 08 Oct 2010 21:22 UTC to 21:22

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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 56 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.387 , -175.406
Event Date: 08 Oct 2010 21:22 UTC
08 Oct 2010 09:22 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 08 Oct 2010 21:40 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
94779 0.5 08 Oct 2010 21:22 5M, 114km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:11 GEOFON
94780 0.5 08 Oct 2010 21:22 5M, 85km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:13 GEOFON
94781 0.5 08 Oct 2010 21:22 5.1M, 72km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:15 GEOFON
94782 0.5 08 Oct 2010 21:22 5.1M, 56km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:17 NEIC
94783 0.5 08 Oct 2010 21:22 5.3M, 73km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:17 GEOFON
94784 0.5 08 Oct 2010 21:22 5.2M, 47.3km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:25 NEIC
94812 0.5 08 Oct 2010 21:22 5.3M, 51km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 09:50 GEOFON
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

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) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Atka AKB 10 94 km
Adak Naf ADK 5 Mil. Paved Yes 7700 99 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Palisades Point Wake Island 97 km
Adak Wake Island 98 km

More information

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