M 5.7 in United States on 08 Oct 2020 14:22 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: 5.7M
Depth: 36.99 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.7184 , -168.2558
Event Date: 08 Oct 2020 14:22 UTC
08 Oct 2020 03:22 Local
Exposed Population: Few people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000c6rg
Inserted at: 09 Oct 2020 14:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c6rg Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1336806 0 08 Oct 2020 14:22 5.1M, 37km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:07 NTWC
1336807 0 08 Oct 2020 14:22 5.2M, 17.6km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:07 ALASKA EC
1336810 0 08 Oct 2020 14:22 5.7M, 36.99km 4.24 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:05 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 unknowed a zone. 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 1336810 52.718/-168.256 5.7 37.0 3.88 08 Oct 2020 14:45 00:23 (new episode)
2 0 1336810 52.718/-168.256 5.7 37.0 3.889 08 Oct 2020 15:45 01:23 (upd of #1)
3 0 1336810 52.718/-168.256 5.7 37.0 3.889 08 Oct 2020 16:28 02:05 (upd of #2)
4 0 1336810 52.718/-168.256 5.7 37.0 4.245 09 Oct 2020 14:28 1d 00:05 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.