Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 30 Mar 2024 16:28 UTC

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M 5.8 in United States on 30 Mar 2024 16:28 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:	5.8M
Depth:	116.5 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.1029 , 178.3725
Event Date:	30 Mar 2024 16:28 UTC 30 Mar 2024 07:28 Local
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC us7000m8yd
Inserted at:	30 Mar 2024 16:48 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
us7000m8yd	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1562024	30 Mar 2024 16:28	5.7M, 117km	4.19	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:09	NTWC
1562026	30 Mar 2024 16:28	5.5M, 119.8km	3.9	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:16	ALASKA EC
1562027	30 Mar 2024 16:28	5.8M, 116.5km	4.11	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:19	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. The nearest places are and Amchitka.

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	no people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Amchitka	Alaska	United States	Village	<1000 people	69 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Kiska Island	Wake Island	59 km
Amchitka Island	Wake Island	79 km
Semisopochroi	Wake Island	90 km

More information

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