M 5.5 in Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands on 21 Nov 2022 15:09 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: 5.5M
Depth: 1 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.3364 , -168.0685
Event Date: 21 Nov 2022 15:09 UTC
21 Nov 2022 04:09 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Source: ALASKA EC ak022exqnaft
Inserted at: 21 Nov 2022 15:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak022exqnaft Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  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
1474408 0 21 Nov 2022 15:09 5.4M, 17km 3.08 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:05 NTWC
1474413 0 21 Nov 2022 15:09 5M, 25.2km 3.13 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:15 ALASKA EC
1474414 0 21 Nov 2022 15:09 5.5M, 13.412km 3.55 Few people (in 100km) 00:21 NEIC
1474415 0 21 Nov 2022 15:09 5.5M, 1km 3.33 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 ALASKA EC
1474416 0 21 Nov 2022 15:09 5.5M, 21.526km 3.47 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:26 NEIC
1474433 0 21 Nov 2022 15:09 5.5M, 19.404km 3.41 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:13 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 (population 17) . 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 1474415 52.523/-168.294 5.0 24.5 3.08 21 Nov 2022 15:18 00:08 (new episode)
2 0 1474416 52.379/-168.222 5.5 13.4 3.408 21 Nov 2022 15:36 00:26 (new episode)
3 0 1474416 52.358/-168.199 5.5 21.5 3.47 21 Nov 2022 15:45 00:35 (upd of #2)
4 0 1474433 52.358/-168.199 5.5 21.5 3.47 21 Nov 2022 17:16 02:07 (new episode)
5 0 1474433 52.34/-168.198 5.5 19.4 3.451 21 Nov 2022 17:28 02:19 (upd of #4)
6 0 1474433 52.354/-168.207 5.5 13.9 3.399 21 Nov 2022 21:49 06:40 (upd of #5)
7 0 1474433 52.354/-168.207 5.5 13.9 3.399 22 Nov 2022 15:40 1d 00:30 (upd of #6)
8 0 1474433 -168.19/52.334 5.5 16.1 3.41 29 Nov 2022 00:50 7d 09:41 (upd of #7)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Alaska United States <1000 people
Alaska United States no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Chernofski Alaska United States Village - 124 km
Kashega Alaska United States Village - 140 km
Makushin Alaska United States Village - 175 km
Dutch Harbor Alaska United States Village - 201 km
Biorka Alaska United States Village - 207 km

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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
Nikolski AS IKO 22 0 86 km
Umnak Island UMB unknown 0 115 km
Chernofski Harbor KCN unknown 0 123 km
Driftwood Bay DFB unknown 0 199 km
Unalaska - Emergency Field DUT 7 Civ. Paved Yes 3900 202 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Makushin Wake Island 175 km
Cannery Bay Wake Island 176 km
Dutch Harbor USDUT Wake Island 201 km

More information

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