Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 12 Jul 2019 13:11 UTC

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M 4.9 in United States on 12 Jul 2019 13:11 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:	4.9M
Depth:	9.67 Km
Lat/Lon:	35.6373329 , -117.5876694
Event Date:	12 Jul 2019 13:11 UTC 12 Jul 2019 06:11 Local
Exposed Population:	About 21000 people in MMI 120000 people within 100km
Source:	CALTECH ci38548295
Inserted at:	13 Jul 2019 13:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
CALTECH	0		0
ci38548295	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.65

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1265335	12 Jul 2019 13:11	4.7M, 3.6km	5.81	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:04	CALTECH
1265337	12 Jul 2019 13:11	4.84M, 3.6km	5.81	150 thousand (in 100km)	00:06	CALTECH
1265338	12 Jul 2019 13:11	4.9M, 9.67km	6.36	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	1d 00:03	CALTECH

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 China Lake, Ridgecrest, Skytop, Spangler, Searles, Westend, Inyokern, Borosolvay, Argus, Searles Valley, and Darwin.

Radius	Population
100 km	120000 people
75 km	52000 people
50 km	34000 people
20 km	31000 people
10 km	27000 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
China Lake	California	United States	Village	-	6 km
Ridgecrest	California	United States	Village	25000 people	8 km
Skytop	California	United States	Village	-	11 km
Spangler	California	United States	Village	-	16 km
Searles	California	United States	Village	-	18 km
Westend	California	United States	Village	-	19 km
Inyokern	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	20 km
Borosolvay	California	United States	Village	-	20 km
Argus	California	United States	Village	-	21 km
Searles Valley	California	United States	Village	1900 people	22 km
Trona	California	United States	Village	-	24 km
Indian Wells	California	United States	Village	4700 people	26 km
Pioneer Point	California	United States	Village	-	26 km
Bradys	California	United States	Village	-	26 km
Goler Heights	California	United States	Village	-	27 km
Johannesburg	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	30 km
Red Mountain	California	United States	Village	-	31 km
Valley Wells	California	United States	Village	-	31 km
Randsburg	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	32 km
Garlock	California	United States	Village	-	32 km
Pearsonville	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	32 km
Armistead	California	United States	Village	-	32 km
Linnie	California	United States	Village	-	33 km
Atolia	California	United States	Village	-	36 km
Harts Place	California	United States	Village	-	36 km
Saltdale	California	United States	Village	-	41 km
Little Lake	California	United States	Village	-	44 km
Gypsite	California	United States	Village	-	46 km
Ricardo	California	United States	Village	-	47 km
Millspaugh	California	United States	Village	-	47 km
Copper City	California	United States	Village	-	48 km
Junction Ranch	California	United States	Village	-	49 km
Fremont	California	United States	Village	-	49 km
Cantil	California	United States	Village	-	50 km
Canebrake	California	United States	Village	-	51 km
Rancho Seco	California	United States	Village	-	54 km
California City	California	United States	Village	8400 people	54 km
Coso Junction	California	United States	Village	-	55 km
Sykes	California	United States	Village	-	55 km
Ballarat	California	United States	Village	-	56 km
Onyx	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	58 km
Cinco	California	United States	Village	-	58 km
Sageland	California	United States	Village	-	59 km
Coso	California	United States	Village	-	60 km
Dunmovin	California	United States	Village	-	60 km
Aerial Acres	California	United States	Village	-	64 km
Weldon	California	United States	Village	2400 people	64 km
Baker	California	United States	Village	-	66 km
Haiwee	California	United States	Village	-	66 km
Bella Vista	California	United States	Village	-	66 km
Mars	California	United States	Village	-	68 km
Panamint	California	United States	Village	-	69 km
South Lake	California	United States	Village	2100 people	70 km
Darwin	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	70 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
Ridgecrest Community Hospital		698				0	8 km
China Lake Nwc		696	Mil.	Paved	Yes	9900	11 km
Inyokern	IYK	749	Civ.	Paved	No	7100	22 km
Trona	TRH	523				0	31 km
Sacatar Meadows		1959				0	59 km
Porter Ranch		2073				0	63 km
Kelso Valley		1241				0	65 km
California City Municipal		743				0	66 km
Borax		732				0	68 km
Boron Airstrip		762				0	70 km
Goldstone Gts		926				0	71 km
Edwards Af Aux North Base		693				0	76 km
Kern Valley		797				0	77 km
Mojave	MHV	849	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9600	82 km
Edwards AFB	EDW	702	Mil.	Paved	Yes	14900	86 km
Flying S Ranch		1062				0	87 km
Pontious		796				0	94 km
Tehachapi Municipal	TSP	1220	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	95 km
Bicycle Lake Aaf	BYS	716				0	96 km
Depue		705				0	96 km
Mountain Valley		1286				0	96 km
Barstow Community Hospital		687				0	97 km
Sun Hill Ranch		910				0	98 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Haiwee	Rose Valley	1913	65 km
Isabella Lake	Isabella Dam	Kern River	1953	81 km

More information

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