Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 04 May 2018 22:32 UTC

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M 6.9 in United States on 04 May 2018 22:32 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:	6.9M
Depth:	5 Km
Lat/Lon:	19.3702 , -155.0321
Event Date:	04 May 2018 22:32 UTC 04 May 2018 12:32 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VIII 130000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000dyad
Inserted at:	04 May 2018 23:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.7		0.7
us1000dyad	Scaled population (vector)	2.11	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.71m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.65

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1209235		0.7	04 May 2018 22:32	6.9M, 5km	7.96	2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.7m (at 00:01)	00:29	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 Hawaii (population 104) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	<1000 people
	96000 people
	7900 people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.8	1209235	19.37/-155.032	6.9	5	8.43	04 May 2018 23:17	00:44	(new episode)
2	0.8	1209235	19.37/-155.032	6.9	5	8.43	04 May 2018 23:54	01:21	(upd of #1)
3	0.1	1209235	19.37/-155.032	6.9	5	7.95	05 May 2018 02:14	03:42	(upd of #2)
4	0.1	1209235	19.37/-155.032	6.9	5	7.95	05 May 2018 15:39	17:06	(upd of #3)
5	0.7	1209235	19.37/-155.032	6.9	5	8.78	05 May 2018 15:43	17:10	(upd of #4)
6	0.3	1209235	19.37/-155.032	6.9	5	8.03	05 May 2018 17:00	18:27	(upd of #5)
7	0.3	1209235	19.448/-155.048	6.9	5	8.04	07 May 2018 23:09	3d 00:36	(upd of #6)
8	0.3	1209235	19.424/-155.038	6.9	5	8.04	08 May 2018 00:00	3d 01:27	(upd of #7)
9	0.6	1209235	19.313/-154.998	6.9	2.06	8.16	08 May 2018 04:39	3d 06:06	(upd of #8)
10	0.3	1209235	19.313/-154.998	6.9	2.06	7.96	08 May 2018 19:56	3d 21:23	(upd of #9)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Hawaii	United States	<1000 people
Hawaii	United States	94000 people
Hawaii	United States	210000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kupaahu	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	3 km
Kalapana	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	6 km
Leilani Estates	Hawaii	United States	Village	1000 people	16 km
Opihikao	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	17 km
Ainaloa	Hawaii	United States	Village	1900 people	18 km
Glenwood	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	19 km
Mountain View	Hawaii	United States	Village	2800 people	22 km
Hawaiian Beaches	Hawaii	United States	Village	3700 people	23 km
Volcano House	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	25 km
Hawaiian Paradise Park	Hawaii	United States	Village	7100 people	25 km
Makuu	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	26 km
Keaau	Hawaii	United States	Village	2000 people	28 km
Hilo	Hawaii	United States	City	41000 people	39 km
Keoneoio	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	200 km
Ulupalakua	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	201 km
Keokea	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	203 km
Makena	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	205 km
Waiakoa	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	205 km
Pulehu	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	208 km
Keawakapu	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	209 km
Pukalani	Hawaii	United States	Village	7400 people	212 km
Makawao	Hawaii	United States	Village	6300 people	213 km
Kokomo	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	213 km
Kihei	Hawaii	United States	Village	17000 people	216 km
Lahaina	Hawaii	United States	City	9100 people	240 km
Puukolii	Hawaii	United States	Village	-	244 km
Waimanalo	Hawaii	United States	Village	3700 people	354 km
Maunawili	Hawaii	United States	Village	4900 people	361 km
Kailua	Hawaii	United States	Village	37000 people	362 km
Kaneohe Station	Hawaii	United States	Village	12000 people	366 km
Kaneohe	Hawaii	United States	City	35000 people	367 km
Heeia	Hawaii	United States	Village	4900 people	369 km
Ahuimanu	Hawaii	United States	Village	8500 people	372 km
Makakilo City	Hawaii	United States	Village	13000 people	388 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Mountain View Airstrip		457				0	21 km
Rainshed		1219				0	25 km
Hilo Hospital		148				0	38 km
Hilo International	ITO	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	39 km
Mauna Kea-Honolii		427				0	45 km
Kahului	OGG	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7000	224 km
Kapalua West Maui	JHM	78				0	246 km
Waimanalo Bellows	BLW	unknown				0	356 km
Kaneohe Bay Mcas		5	Mil.	Paved	Yes	7700	367 km
Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field)	JRF	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8400	383 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Hilo	USITO	Wake Island	41 km
	Lahaina		Wake Island	239 km

More information

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