M 5.14 in United States on 29 May 2015 07:05 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: 5.1M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.8035011 , -122.7703323
Event Date: 29 May 2015 07:05 UTC
29 May 2015 00:05 Local
Exposed Population:
263474 people within 100km
Source: NCAL SS
Inserted at: 29 May 2015 07:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NCAL SS 0.2 0.2
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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1082375 0.2 29 May 2015 07:05 5.14M, 5km 2.61 260 thousand (in 100km) 00:07 NCAL SS
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 and Fairview.

Radius Population
100 km 260000 people
75 km 200000 people
50 km 140000 people
20 km 7000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
California United States 31 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Fairview California United States Village - 1 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
Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville 716 14 km
Trinity Center 728 21 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Clair Engle Lake Trinity Trinity River 1962 1 km

More information

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