M 5.1 in United States on 12 May 2021 22:00 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: 5.1M
Depth: 44.66 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.874 , 176.1982
Event Date: 12 May 2021 22:00 UTC
13 May 2021 10:00 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000e2ma
Inserted at: 12 May 2021 22:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000e2ma Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1374864 0 12 May 2021 22:00 4.8M, 15.9km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:12 ALASKA EC
1374865 0 12 May 2021 22:00 5.1M, 44.66km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:16 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 , State of Alaska (population 572,432) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Alaska United States 570000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Buldir Island Wake Island 58 km
Kiska Island Wake Island 93 km

More information

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