Overall Green Earthquake alert in Canada on 11 Jul 2024 15:08 UTC

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M 6.4 in Canada on 11 Jul 2024 15:08 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:	6.4M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	48.8127 , -128.7254
Event Date:	11 Jul 2024 15:08 UTC 11 Jul 2024 06:08 Local
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC us7000mykj
Inserted at:	11 Jul 2024 15:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Canada)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.

	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us7000mykj	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	0	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1581658	11 Jul 2024 15:08	6.6M, 11km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:06	NTWC
1581660	11 Jul 2024 15:08	6.6M, 11km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:08	PTWC
1581664	11 Jul 2024 15:08	6.4M, 10km	4.04	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:18	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 Canada ,of British Columbia (population 3,415,527) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1581664	-128.725/48.813	6.4	10	4.156	11 Jul 2024 15:29	00:20	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	British Columbia	Canada	1200 people
	British Columbia	Canada	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Clayoquot	British Columbia	Canada	Village	-	207 km
Quatsino	British Columbia	Canada	Village	-	208 km
Woss	British Columbia	Canada	Village	-	219 km
Gold River	British Columbia	Canada	Village	1400 people	222 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Port Alice	CAPAC	Canada	197 km

More information

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

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