M 5.6 in United States on 20 Oct 2020 04:07 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: 5.6M
Depth: 6.08 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.3067 , -159.6794
Event Date: 20 Oct 2020 04:07 UTC
19 Oct 2020 17:07 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000c9u7
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2020 21:55 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
us6000c9u7 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1338609 0 20 Oct 2020 04:07 4.7M, 1km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:10 ALASKA EC
1338610 0 20 Oct 2020 04:07 5.3M, 31.1km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:14 ALASKA EC
1338611 0 20 Oct 2020 04:07 5.6M, 13.78km 3.76 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:04 NEIC
1338783 0 20 Oct 2020 04:07 5.6M, 6.08km 3.76 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 17:48 NEIC
1339020 0 20 Oct 2020 04:07 5.6M, 9.71km 3.73 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 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.

More information

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