M 5.8 in United Kingdom on 18 May 2022 06:27 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: 5.8M
Depth: 17.58 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.1188 , 178.7361
Event Date: 18 May 2022 06:27 UTC
18 May 2022 18:27 Local
Exposed Population: 16 million in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000hlxv
Inserted at: 18 May 2022 18:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (United Kingdom)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000hlxv Scaled population (vector) 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
1443853 0 18 May 2022 06:27 5.6M, 36km 4.45 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:08 NTWC
1443856 0 18 May 2022 06:27 5.3M, 12.8km 5.36 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:14 ALASKA EC
1443857 0 18 May 2022 06:27 5.7M, 19.25km 3.91 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 NEIC
1443926 0 18 May 2022 06:27 5.8M, 17.58km 4.06 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 11:53 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 1443857 50.993/178.518 5.5 16.4 3.405 18 May 2022 06:35 00:07 (new episode)
2 0 1443857 51.108/178.728 5.7 19.2 3.945 18 May 2022 06:52 00:24 (upd of #1)
3 0 1443857 51.108/178.728 5.7 19.2 3.912 18 May 2022 07:01 00:33 (upd of #2)
4 0 1443857 51.108/178.728 5.7 19.2 3.912 18 May 2022 08:32 02:05 (upd of #3)
5 0 1443857 51.108/178.728 5.7 19.2 3.912 18 May 2022 15:53 09:25 (upd of #4)
6 0 1443926 51.119/178.736 5.8 17.6 4.314 18 May 2022 18:40 12:12 (new episode)
7 0 1443926 51.119/178.736 5.8 17.6 4.056 19 May 2022 06:40 1d 00:12 (upd of #6)

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

see full list


Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Amchitka Island AHT 69 0 47 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Amchitka Island Wake Island 47 km
Constantine Harbour Wake Island 49 km

More information

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