M 5.7 in United States from 27 Mar 2016 18:01 UTC to 18:01

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: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.2259 , -168.6553
Event Date: 27 Mar 2016 18:01 UTC
27 Mar 2016 07:01 Local
Exposed Population: Few people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 27 Mar 2016 18:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1123463 0 27 Mar 2016 18:01 5.7M, 10km 3.77 Few people (in 100km) 00:25 NEIC
1123470 0 27 Mar 2016 18:01 5.7M, 16km 3.77 Few people (in 100km) 02:01 NEIC
1123472 0 27 Mar 2016 18:01 5.7M, 19.8km 3.27 Few people (in 100km) 02:16 ALASKA EC
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 2) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1123463 52.226/-168.655 5.7 10 3.77 17 Oct 2016 11:08 203d 17:07 (new episode)

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

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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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