Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 08 Oct 2025 19:38 UTC

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M 4.5 in United States on 08 Oct 2025 19:38 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:	4.5M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	51.5537 , -175.2508
Event Date:	08 Oct 2025 19:38 UTC 08 Oct 2025 07:38 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected in MMI&>=I
Source:	NEIC us6000rfp7
Inserted at:	08 Oct 2025 20:51 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
us6000rfp7	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0
	Score no CC	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1664923		0	08 Oct 2025 19:38	4.5M, 35km	1.9	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		01:13	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 287) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Level	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1664923	-175.271/51.65	4.2	35.2	2.494	08 Oct 2025 20:52	01:13	(new episode)
	2	0	1664923	-175.265/51.56	4.2	25.5	2.392	08 Oct 2025 21:16	01:37	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Alaska	United States	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity	Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
	Adak Station	Alaska	United States	Village	9300 people	101 km

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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
	Adak Naf	ADK	5	Mil.	Paved	Yes	7700	103 km

More information

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