M 5.8 in United States on 11 Jan 2022 12:53 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: 5.8M
Depth: 45.02 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.6548 , -168.0527
Event Date: 11 Jan 2022 12:53 UTC
11 Jan 2022 01:53 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000gawq
Inserted at: 17 Jan 2022 14:38 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
us7000gawq Scaled population (vector) 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
1420632 0 11 Jan 2022 12:53 5.8M, 41.88km 3.66 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 NEIC
1421696 0 11 Jan 2022 12:53 5.8M, 45.02km 3.66 Few people (in 100km) 6d 01:45 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


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1420632 52.818/-168.106 5.5 46.5 3.695 11 Jan 2022 13:16 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1420632 52.61/-168.081 5.8 41.9 3.838 11 Jan 2022 13:19 00:25 (upd of #1)
3 0 1420632 52.61/-168.081 5.8 41.9 3.833 11 Jan 2022 13:31 00:37 (upd of #2)
4 0 1420632 52.61/-168.081 5.8 41.9 3.833 11 Jan 2022 14:58 02:04 (upd of #3)
5 0 1420632 52.61/-168.081 5.8 41.9 3.661 11 Jan 2022 16:49 03:55 (upd of #4)
6 0 1420632 52.61/-168.081 5.8 41.9 3.661 12 Jan 2022 13:41 1d 00:47 (upd of #5)
7 0 1421696 52.655/-168.053 5.8 45.0 3.662 18 Jan 2022 07:50 6d 18:56 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Alaska United States no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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