Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 05 May 2024 08:27 UTC

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M 5.2 in United States on 05 May 2024 08:27 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.2M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.8483 , -163.7635
Event Date:	05 May 2024 08:27 UTC 04 May 2024 21:27 Local
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC us6000mwfw
Inserted at:	05 May 2024 08:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000mwfw	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1569184		0	05 May 2024 08:27	5.2M, 10km	2.35	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	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 ,of Alaska (population 572,432) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1569184	-163.745/52.95	4.9	35.2	2.647	05 May 2024 08:50	00:22	(new episode)
2	1569184	-163.728/52.998	5.2	0.1	2.564	05 May 2024 08:53	00:25	(upd of #1)
3	1569184	-163.759/52.94	5.2	10	2.647	05 May 2024 20:04	11:37	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Alaska	United States	no people
	Alaska	United States	1100 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sanak	Alaska	United States	Village	-	192 km
Pauloff Harbor	Alaska	United States	Village	-	192 km
Biorka	Alaska	United States	Village	-	195 km
Ikatan	Alaska	United States	Village	-	213 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
Pauloff Harbor	KPH	unknown				0	192 km
Akutan	KQA	unknown				0	196 km
Lost Harbor Sea Port	LHB	unknown				0	196 km
Cape Sarichef	CSH	89	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3500	207 km
False Pass	KFP	6				0	224 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Unimak		Wake Island	189 km
Sanak Island		Wake Island	192 km
Akutan	USAKU	Wake Island	197 km

More information

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