M 6.6 in United States on 11 Jan 2022 12:39 UTC

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: 6.6M
Depth: 11.23 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.6047 , -168.155
Event Date: 11 Jan 2022 12:39 UTC
11 Jan 2022 01:39 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
Few people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000gawk
Inserted at: 11 Jan 2022 13:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.1
us7000gawk Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0.17m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.17m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1420620 0 11 Jan 2022 12:39 6.5M, 37km 3.36 Few people (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:18 NTWC
1420622 0 11 Jan 2022 12:39 6.5M, 37km 3.36 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:20 PTWC
1420624 0.1 11 Jan 2022 12:39 6.7M, 11.96km 3.36 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.2m (at 00:17) 00:23 NEIC
1420627 0 11 Jan 2022 12:39 6.5M, 15.58km 5.01 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:16) 00:27 NEIC
1420635 0.1 11 Jan 2022 12:39 6.6M, 11.23km 5.07 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.2m (at 00:16) 00:49 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 unknowed a zone. 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 1420624 51.867/-167.54 5.9 62.7 3.361 11 Jan 2022 12:54 00:15 (new episode)
2 0 1420627 52.625/-168.15 6.7 12.0 5.512 11 Jan 2022 13:06 00:26 (new episode)
3 0 1420635 52.638/-168.153 6.5 15.6 5.014 11 Jan 2022 13:13 00:33 (new episode)
4 0 1420635 52.605/-168.155 6.6 11.2 5.068 11 Jan 2022 13:33 00:53 (upd of #3)
5 0 1420635 52.605/-168.155 6.6 11.2 5.068 11 Jan 2022 14:47 02:07 (upd of #4)
6 0 1420635 52.605/-168.155 6.6 11.2 5.068 12 Jan 2022 13:40 1d 01:01 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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