M 6.8 in United States on 10 Mar 2014 05:18 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: 6.8M
Depth: 16.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.8287 , -125.1338
Event Date: 10 Mar 2014 05:18 UTC
09 Mar 2014 21:18 Local
Exposed Population: 110000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 10 Mar 2014 17:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.2 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.22m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1043354 0.2 10 Mar 2014 05:18 6.1M, 7km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 00:04 USGS
1043356 0.2 10 Mar 2014 05:18 6.1M, 7km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 00:04 NEIC
1043357 0.5 10 Mar 2014 05:18 7M, 12km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 0.4m (at 00:22) 00:04 USGS
1043360 0.5 10 Mar 2014 05:18 6.7M, 10km N/A 150 thousand (in 100km) 0.3m (at 00:17) 00:07 GEOFON
1043361 0.5 10 Mar 2014 05:18 6.9M, 7km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 0.4m (at 00:23) 00:07 NEIC
1043363 0.5 10 Mar 2014 05:18 6.88M, 6.99km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 0.4m (at 00:23) 00:09 NEIC
1043401 0.5 10 Mar 2014 05:18 6.9M, 16.6km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 0.3m (at 00:23) 04:27 NEIC
1043431 0.5 10 Mar 2014 05:18 6.8M, 16.6km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 0.2m (at 00:23) 12:18 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 United States , State of California (population 30,971,320) .

Radius Population
100 km 120000 people
75 km <1000 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
California United States 31 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Eureka Municipal 6 78 km
Murray Field EKA 2 Civ. Paved Yes 3000 86 km
Arcata ACV 66 Civ. Paved Yes 5900 88 km
Rohnerville 119 Civ. Paved Yes 4000 90 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cape Mendocino Wake Island 77 km
Fields Landing Wake Island 78 km
Eureka USEKA Wake Island 79 km

More information

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