Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 27 Jun 2024 19:27 UTC

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M 4.9 in United States on 27 Jun 2024 19:27 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:	4.9M
Depth:	33.5 Km
Lat/Lon:	51.9725 , -170.5252
Event Date:	27 Jun 2024 19:27 UTC 27 Jun 2024 08:27 Local
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC us6000n8qf
Inserted at:	27 Jun 2024 20:02 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
us6000n8qf	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
1579076		0	27 Jun 2024 19:27	4.9M, 33.5km	2.43	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:34	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

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1579076	-170.437/51.834	4.1	8.5	1.641	27 Jun 2024 20:02	00:35	(new episode)
	2	0	1579076	-170.514/52.024	4.2	75.5	3.097	27 Jun 2024 20:57	01:30	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Alaska	United States	no people
	Alaska	United States	<1000 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
	Nikolski AS	IKO	22				0	157 km

More information

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