M 5.7 in United States on 26 Jan 2020 22:33 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: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.3133 , -179.9871
Event Date: 26 Jan 2020 22:33 UTC
26 Jan 2020 10:33 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60007gra
Inserted at: 27 Jan 2020 22:43 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
us60007gra 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1292598 0 26 Jan 2020 22:33 5.5M, 55km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:07 NTWC
1292601 0 26 Jan 2020 22:33 5.7M, 35km 3.84 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:09 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 ,of Alaska. 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 1292601 51.313/-179.987 5.7 35.0 4.603 26 Jan 2020 22:49 00:15 (new episode)
2 0 1292601 51.313/-179.987 5.7 35.0 3.881 26 Jan 2020 22:58 00:25 (upd of #1)
3 0 1292601 51.313/-179.987 5.7 35.0 3.881 26 Jan 2020 23:09 00:36 (upd of #2)
4 0 1292601 51.313/-179.987 5.7 35.0 3.881 27 Jan 2020 00:38 02:05 (upd of #3)
5 0 1292601 51.313/-179.987 5.7 35.0 3.836 27 Jan 2020 22:43 1d 00:09 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Alaska United States no people


Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Amchitka Island AHT 69 0 53 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Constantine Harbour Wake Island 51 km
Amchitka Island Wake Island 73 km

More information

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