M 5.5 in United States on 08 Dec 2021 07:18 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.274 , -129.4425
Event Date: 08 Dec 2021 07:18 UTC
07 Dec 2021 22:18 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000gae3
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2021 07:36 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
us6000gae3 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1414437 n.a 08 Dec 2021 07:18 5.4M, 13km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:19 NTWC
1414442 0 08 Dec 2021 07:18 5.5M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:18 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1414442 44.274/-129.442 5.5 10.0 None 08 Dec 2021 07:39 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1414442 44.274/-129.442 5.5 10.0 None 08 Dec 2021 08:31 01:12 (upd of #1)
3 0 1414442 44.274/-129.442 5.5 10.0 None 08 Dec 2021 09:24 02:05 (upd of #2)
4 0 1414442 44.274/-129.442 5.5 10.0 None 09 Dec 2021 07:23 1d 00:05 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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