Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 29 Mar 2014 04:09 UTC

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M 5.3 in United States on 29 Mar 2014 04:09 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:	5.3M
Depth:	1.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	33.9287 , -117.9222
Event Date:	29 Mar 2014 04:09 UTC 28 Mar 2014 21:09 Local
Exposed Population:	16783524 people within 100km
Source:	USGS ci15481673
Inserted at:	08 Apr 2014 06:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
USGS	0.5		0.5
ci15481673	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1045089	0.5	29 Mar 2014 04:09	5.3M, 1.9km	N/A	16.8 million (in 100km)	00:03	NEIC
1045090	0.6	29 Mar 2014 04:09	5.4M, 1.9km	N/A	16.8 million (in 100km)	00:04	NEIC
1045092	0.4	29 Mar 2014 04:09	5.1M, 1.9km	N/A	16.8 million (in 100km)	00:08	NEIC
1045096	0.4	29 Mar 2014 04:09	5.1M, 7.46km	N/A	16.8 million (in 100km)	01:07	NEIC
1046134	0.5	29 Mar 2014 04:09	5.3M, 1.9km	N/A	16.8 million (in 100km)	10d 02:23	USGS

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) . The nearest places are La Habra, La Habra Heights, Fullerton, Brea, East la Mirada, Rowland Heights, Otterbein, Placentia, Carlton, La Mirada, and Lang.

Radius	Population
100 km	17.6 million people
75 km	15.7 million people
50 km	12.4 million people
20 km	2.8 million people
10 km	640000 people
5 km	130000 people
2 km	34000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
California	United States	31 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
La Habra	California	United States	City	59000 people	3 km
La Habra Heights	California	United States	Village	5700 people	5 km
Fullerton	California	United States	City	130000 people	5 km
Brea	California	United States	Village	35000 people	5 km
East la Mirada	California	United States	Village	9500 people	6 km
Rowland Heights	California	United States	Village	49000 people	6 km
Otterbein	California	United States	Village	-	7 km
Placentia	California	United States	Village	46000 people	8 km
Carlton	California	United States	Village	-	8 km
La Mirada	California	United States	Village	47000 people	9 km
Colima	California	United States	Village	-	9 km
Hacienda Heights	California	United States	City	53000 people	9 km
La Jolla	California	United States	Village	-	9 km
Industry	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	9 km
South San Jose Hills	California	United States	Village	20000 people	9 km
South Whittier	California	United States	Village	55000 people	10 km
Whittier	California	United States	City	84000 people	10 km
Buena Park	California	United States	City	78000 people	11 km
Anaheim	California	United States	City	330000 people	11 km
Atwood	California	United States	Village	-	11 km
Hillgrove	California	United States	Village	-	11 km
Walnut	California	United States	Village	30000 people	12 km
La Puente	California	United States	Village	41000 people	12 km
Valinda	California	United States	Village	22000 people	12 km
Olive	California	United States	Village	-	12 km
Diamond Bar	California	United States	City	56000 people	13 km
Santa Fe Springs	California	United States	Village	17000 people	13 km
Neff	California	United States	Village	-	13 km
Peralta Hills	California	United States	Village	-	13 km
Sleepy Hollow	California	United States	Village	-	14 km
La Palma	California	United States	Village	15000 people	14 km
Micaflores	California	United States	Village	-	14 km
West Covina	California	United States	City	110000 people	14 km
Marlboro	California	United States	Village	-	14 km
Avocado Heights	California	United States	Village	15000 people	14 km
West Puente Valley	California	United States	Village	23000 people	14 km
Los Nietos	California	United States	Village	-	14 km
West Whittier	California	United States	Village	48000 people	14 km
Hansen	California	United States	Village	-	15 km
Fulton Wells	California	United States	Village	-	15 km
Norwalk	California	United States	City	100000 people	15 km
Bassett	California	United States	Village	-	15 km
Yorba Linda	California	United States	City	59000 people	15 km
Cerritos	California	United States	City	51000 people	15 km
Bartolo	California	United States	Village	-	15 km
Esperanza	California	United States	Village	-	16 km
Stanton	California	United States	Village	37000 people	16 km
Villa Park	California	United States	Village	6000 people	16 km
Artesia	California	United States	Village	16000 people	16 km
Cypress	California	United States	Village	46000 people	16 km
Orange	California	United States	City	130000 people	16 km
Pico Rivera	California	United States	City	63000 people	17 km
Chino Hills	California	United States	Village	67000 people	17 km
Del Prado Mobile Park Club	California	United States	Village	-	17 km
Garden Grove	California	United States	City	170000 people	17 km
Hawaiian Gardens	California	United States	Village	15000 people	18 km
South El Monte	California	United States	Village	21000 people	18 km
Baldwin Park	California	United States	City	76000 people	18 km
Spadra	California	United States	Village	-	18 km
Covina	California	United States	Village	47000 people	18 km
El Modena	California	United States	Village	-	19 km
Vincent	California	United States	Village	15000 people	19 km
El Monte	California	United States	City	120000 people	19 km
Bandini	California	United States	Village	-	19 km
Los Alamitos	California	United States	Village	12000 people	19 km
Orange Park Acres	California	United States	Village	-	19 km
Santa Ana	California	United States	City	340000 people	19 km
Downey	California	United States	City	110000 people	19 km
Bellflower	California	United States	City	73000 people	19 km
Montebello	California	United States	City	62000 people	20 km
Boys Republic	California	United States	Village	-	20 km
Charter Oak	California	United States	Village	9000 people	20 km
Lakewood	California	United States	City	79000 people	21 km
Bolsa	California	United States	Village	-	21 km
Westminster	California	United States	City	88000 people	21 km
Irwindale	California	United States	Village	1400 people	21 km
Citrus	California	United States	Village	11000 people	21 km
Los Serranos	California	United States	Village	14000 people	21 km
South San Gabriel	California	United States	Village	7600 people	21 km
Barber City	California	United States	Village	-	21 km
Rossmoor	California	United States	Village	10000 people	21 km
Midway City	California	United States	Village	-	21 km
Rosemead	California	United States	City	54000 people	21 km
North El Monte	California	United States	Village	3700 people	21 km
Cowan Heights	California	United States	Village	-	22 km
Bell Gardens	California	United States	Village	44000 people	22 km
Tustin Foothills	California	United States	Village	24000 people	22 km
Hollydale	California	United States	Village	-	22 km
Mayflower Village	California	United States	Village	10000 people	22 km
Kincaid	California	United States	Village	-	22 km
Pomona	California	United States	City	150000 people	22 km
Commerce	California	United States	Village	13000 people	22 km
San Dimas	California	United States	Village	35000 people	23 km
Paramount	California	United States	Village	55000 people	23 km
Lemon Heights	California	United States	Village	-	23 km
Butler	California	United States	Village	-	23 km
Temple City	California	United States	Village	33000 people	23 km
Azusa	California	United States	Village	45000 people	23 km
Monterey Park	California	United States	City	60000 people	23 km
Chino	California	United States	City	67000 people	23 km

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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
Northrop Anaheim		49				0	7 km
Fullerton Municipal	FUL	29	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3100	8 km
Brian Chuchua Jeep		59				0	8 km
L A County Sheriff's Department		100				0	8 km
Sce Mwd Diemer		232				0	10 km
R I An Anaheim Helistop G/l B/201		68				0	11 km
Anaheim Police		45				0	12 km
Haddicks		93				0	12 km
Norwalk Sheriff Station		31				0	14 km
North Net Fire Training		44				0	15 km
Shepherd Field		66				0	15 km
Sce Serrano Substation		212				0	16 km
Albalisa Dinner Playhouse Inc		10				0	18 km
Pomona Police Dept		305				0	18 km
Downey	JDY	unknown				0	19 km
Los Alamitos AAF		11	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8000	20 km
First Interstate Bank Bldg		75				0	20 km
El Monte	EMT	90	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	20 km
Wells Fargo-el Monte		80				0	21 km
L A Co Sheriff Lakewood		18				0	21 km
Brackett Field	POC	308	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4800	22 km
Mc Donnell Douglas Space Systems		20				0	23 km
Commerce Business Park		41				0	23 km
Foothill Presbyterian Hospital		223				0	23 km
Rockwell Intl Seal Beach		6				0	24 km
Long Beach Municipal	LGB	17	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	25 km
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department		91				0	25 km
Va Medical Center		23				0	25 km
Methodist Hospital		134				0	25 km
St Francis Medical Center Helistop		47				0	26 km
L. A. Times Costa Mesa		11				0	26 km
Chino	CNO	198	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7000	27 km
Sce Energy Control Center		145				0	27 km
H.B.P.D		17				0	27 km
Baldwin Base		15				0	27 km
Memorial Medical Center Long Beach		26				0	28 km
Sfi-Vernon		70				0	28 km
John Wayne International	SNA	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	29 km
Usc University Hospital		145				0	29 km
Costa Mesa Police Department		18				0	30 km
Drew Medical Center		55				0	30 km
Platform Emmy		27				0	30 km
Cable	CCB	437	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3800	30 km
Corona Municipal		162	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3200	30 km
Compton	CPM	30	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	30 km
Huntington Memorial Hospital		260				0	31 km
Queensway Bay		4				0	32 km
Pacific Electric Building		137				0	33 km
Ontario International	ONT	287	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12200	33 km
The Randy Champ-Gary Howe Memorial		56				0	33 km
Corona Regional Medical Center		212				0	33 km
El Toro Mcas		117	Mil.	Paved	No	10000	33 km
Hoag Memorial Hospital		29				0	34 km
Newport Beach Police		48				0	34 km
Goodyear Blimp Base		6				0	34 km
St Vincent Professional Office Building		141				0	36 km
Toyota Helistop		18				0	37 km
Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC)		219				0	38 km
Camp 2		341				0	38 km
Hawthorne Municipal	HHR	19	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	38 km
Catalina Air-sea Terminal		2				0	38 km
ABC-TV		129				0	39 km
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center		107				0	41 km
Verdugo Hills Hospital		427				0	41 km
Wilshire Area		46				0	41 km
Torrance Municipal	TOA	31	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000	41 km
San Pedro Peninsula Hospital		83				0	42 km
Dreamworks Helistop Glendale		156				0	42 km
Trw Manhattan Beach		29				0	43 km
South Bay Hospital		49				0	43 km
Mission Viejo Company Helistop		124				0	43 km
Riverside Municipal	RAL	249	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5400	44 km
Los Angeles International	LAX	38	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	45 km
Playa Vista 2		4				0	45 km
Beverly Center		85				0	45 km
Sce Palm Springs District		91				0	45 km
NBC-TV		154				0	45 km
Chevron Refinery		9				0	46 km
Lyon		274				0	47 km
Northrop Palos Verdes		329				0	47 km
Lake Mathews		422				0	47 km
Mission Hospital Helistop		140				0	47 km
Flabob	RIR	233	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	48 km
Kaiser Hospital		370				0	48 km
Fontana Police		401				0	49 km
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company		45				0	49 km
Santa Monica Municipal	SMO	53	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	50 km
Engine Co Nr 108		344				0	50 km
Burbank Glendale Pasadena	BUR	236	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	50 km
Occidental Petroleum		155				0	50 km
American Display		280				0	51 km
Riverside Metro Center		290				0	51 km
Camp 15		463				0	52 km
Rialto Municipal Miro Field		438				0	53 km
Johnson		276				0	55 km
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center		328				0	55 km
Mc Conville Airstrip		792				0	56 km
Van Nuys County Court		259				0	56 km
Sce Eastern Division		367				0	56 km
Engine Co Nr 109		419				0	57 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Long Beach		Wake Island	30 km
Hunting	USHNT	Wake Island	32 km
Huntington Beach	USHNT	Wake Island	32 km
Newport Beach	USJNP	Wake Island	34 km
Wilmington	USWTN	Wake Island	34 km
Los Angeles		Wake Island	39 km
El Segundo	USELS	Wake Island	46 km
Avalon		Wake Island	74 km
Isthmus Cove		Wake Island	75 km
Santa Catalina Island		Wake Island	78 km
Oceanside	USXJX	Wake Island	94 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Puddingstone	Walnut Creek	1928	21 km
Irvine Lake	Santiago Creek	Santiago Creek	1933	24 km
	Morris	San Gabriel River	1935	28 km
	San Gabriel 1	San Gabriel River	1938	31 km
	Mathews	Trib. Cajalco Creek	1938	45 km
	Stone Canyon	Stone Canyon Creek	1924	53 km
	Encino	Encino Creek	1924	60 km
	Railroad Canyon	San Jacinto River	1928	66 km
Lower Van Norman Lake	Lower San Fernando	San Fernando Creek	1918	66 km
	Perris	Bernasconi Pass	1973	69 km
	Lake Arrowhead	Little Bear Creek	1922	79 km
Bouquet Reservoir	Bouquet Canyon	Bouquet Creek	1934	84 km
	Diamond Valley Lake	Domenigoni Valley Creek	2000	84 km
	Westlake Reservoir	Tree Springs Creek	1972	87 km
	Robert A. Skinner	Tucalota Creek	1973	87 km
Bard Lake	Wood Ranch	Trib. Arroyo Simi	1965	91 km
	Castaic	Castaic Creek	1973	91 km
Big Bear Lake	Bear Valley	Bear Creek	1911	94 km
	Elderberry	Castaic Creek	1974	96 km
Lake Piru	Santa Felicia	Piru Creek	1955	97 km
	Vail	Temecula Creek	1949	100 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
SAN ONOFRE	UNITED STATES	3	71 km

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