M 5.9 in United States on 19 Oct 2020 21:45 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: 5.9M
Depth: 32.52 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.338 , -159.9038
Event Date: 19 Oct 2020 21:45 UTC
19 Oct 2020 10:45 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000c9lf
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2020 21:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c9lf Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1338514 0 19 Oct 2020 21:45 5.9M, 37.33km 3.81 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:08 NEIC
1338779 0 19 Oct 2020 21:45 5.9M, 32.52km 3.76 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:05 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. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1338514 54.424/-159.955 5.9 37.3 4.009 19 Oct 2020 22:07 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1338514 54.424/-159.955 5.9 37.3 3.814 19 Oct 2020 22:48 01:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1338514 54.424/-159.955 5.9 37.3 3.814 19 Oct 2020 23:53 02:08 (upd of #2)
4 0 1338779 54.338/-159.904 5.9 32.5 3.762 20 Oct 2020 21:50 1d 00:05 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Alaska United States no people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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