Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 28 Dec 2016 09:13 UTC

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M 5.5 in United States on 28 Dec 2016 09:13 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:	5.5M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	38.3766 , -118.8959
Event Date:	28 Dec 2016 09:13 UTC 28 Dec 2016 01:13 Local
Exposed Population:	About 31205 people within 100km
Source:	U NEV nn00570744
Inserted at:	28 Dec 2016 09:55 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
U NEV	0		0
nn00570744	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	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1152204	28 Dec 2016 09:13	5.59M, 12.8km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:20	NCAL SS
1152205	28 Dec 2016 09:13	5.6M, 5km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:22	NEIC
1152206	28 Dec 2016 09:13	5.5M, 8.6km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:41	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) . The nearest places are Fletcher, Del Monte, Wichman, Schweer Housing Area, Bodie, Hawthorne, Babbitt, Walker Lake, Jaggersville, Belfort, and Nevada Hot Springs.

Radius	Population
100 km	31000 people
75 km	16000 people
50 km	4800 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nevada	United States	1.3 million people
California	United States	31 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Fletcher	Nevada	United States	Village	-	7 km
Del Monte	Nevada	United States	Village	-	14 km
Wichman	Nevada	United States	Village	-	17 km
Schweer Housing Area	Nevada	United States	Village	-	24 km
Bodie	California	United States	Village	-	25 km
Hawthorne	Nevada	United States	Village	3300 people	26 km
Babbitt	Nevada	United States	Village	-	27 km
Walker Lake	Nevada	United States	Village	-	28 km
Jaggersville	Nevada	United States	Village	-	32 km
Belfort	California	United States	Village	-	32 km
Thorne	Nevada	United States	Village	-	34 km
Bridgeport	California	United States	Village	-	34 km
Pine Grove	Nevada	United States	Village	-	35 km
Qualeys Camp	Nevada	United States	Village	-	35 km
Willow Springs	California	United States	Village	-	37 km
Sulfur	Nevada	United States	Village	-	38 km
Dog Town	California	United States	Village	-	38 km
Avalon	Nevada	United States	Village	-	40 km
Fales Hot Springs	California	United States	Village	-	44 km
Copper Run	Nevada	United States	Village	-	45 km
Kinkaid	Nevada	United States	Village	-	46 km
Dunderberg Mill	California	United States	Village	-	47 km
Mono City	California	United States	Village	-	47 km
Sonora Junction	California	United States	Village	-	49 km
Walker	California	United States	Village	-	52 km
Lundy	California	United States	Village	-	53 km
Marietta	Nevada	United States	Village	-	53 km
Lee Vining	California	United States	Village	-	55 km
Coleville	California	United States	Village	-	56 km
Wellington	Nevada	United States	Village	-	56 km
Mason	Nevada	United States	Village	-	56 km
Smith Valley	Nevada	United States	Village	1400 people	56 km
Topaz PO	California	United States	Village	-	58 km
Pizona	California	United States	Village	-	58 km
Mono Mills	California	United States	Village	-	59 km
Schurz	Nevada	United States	Village	<1000 people	60 km
Camp Douglas	Nevada	United States	Village	-	62 km
Midway	Nevada	United States	Village	-	62 km
Luning	Nevada	United States	Village	-	64 km
Topaz Lake	Nevada	United States	Village	-	64 km
Mason	Nevada	United States	Village	-	64 km
Simpson	Nevada	United States	Village	-	66 km
Yerington	Nevada	United States	Village	2900 people	66 km
Holbrook Junction	Nevada	United States	Village	-	67 km
Weed Heights	Nevada	United States	Village	-	68 km
Mina	Nevada	United States	Village	-	69 km
Mount Montgomery	Nevada	United States	Village	-	70 km
Nevada Hot Springs	Nevada	United States	Village	-	70 km

see full list

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
Hawthorne Municipal	HTH	1285	Civ.	Paved	No	4800	27 km
Sweetwater (USMC)		2084				0	29 km
Bryant Field		1971				0	33 km
U S Forest Service		2027				0	38 km
Lee Vining		2073				0	54 km
Mcmwtc		2061				0	55 km
Rosaschi Air Park		1466				0	60 km
Farias Wheel		1478				0	64 km
Topaz Ranch		177				0	67 km
Yerington Municipal	EYR	1334				0	69 km
Mina		1387				0	70 km
Pinenut		1603				0	85 km
Yosemite National Park	OYS	unknown				0	85 km
Mammoth June Lakes	MMH	2173	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7000	88 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Bridgeport Reservoir	Bridgeport	East Walker River	1924	29 km
	Saddlebag Lake	Lee Vining Creek	1921	60 km
	Grant Lake	Rush Creek	1940	65 km
Weber Reservoir	Weber Dam	Walker River	1935	70 km
	Relief	Summit Creek	1910	74 km
	Gem Lake	Rush Creek	1917	77 km
Lake Crowley	Long Valley	Owens River	1941	94 km

More information

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