M 4.73 in United States on 14 Sep 2015 13:55 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: 4.7M
Depth: 9.6654 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.8594 , -119.6271
Event Date: 14 Sep 2015 13:55 UTC
14 Sep 2015 06:55 Local
Exposed Population:
About 15092 people within 100km
Source: U NEV
Inserted at: 14 Sep 2015 14:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
U NEV 0 0
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
1096705 0 14 Sep 2015 13:55 5.16M, 12km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:04 U NEV
1096710 0 14 Sep 2015 13:55 4.73M, 9.6654km 4.06 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 U NEV
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 Nevada (population 1,250,752) .

Radius Population
100 km 15000 people
75 km 8600 people
50 km 2100 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Nevada United States 1.3 million people
Oregon United States 3 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
Mc Ranch 1388 30 km
Fort Bidwell 1403 45 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Greaser Lake Greaser Lake Twenty Mile Creek 1963 22 km

More information

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