Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Utah on 18 Mar 2020 13:09 UTC

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M 5.7 in Utah on 18 Mar 2020 13:09 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.7M
Depth:	10.63 Km
Lat/Lon:	40.7518333 , -112.0775
Event Date:	18 Mar 2020 13:09 UTC 18 Mar 2020 07:09 Local
Exposed Population:	About 6000 people in MMI 2500000 people within 100km
Source:	U UTAH uu60363602
Inserted at:	18 Mar 2020 22:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
U UTAH	1		1
uu60363602	Scaled population (raster)	4.24
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.65

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1301154		1.1	18 Mar 2020 13:09	5.65M, 10.14km	7.8	220 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		00:13	U UTAH
1301166		1	18 Mar 2020 13:09	5.7M, 10.63km	7.77	190 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		09:18	U UTAH

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 ,of Utah (population 19,135) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	6400 people
	190000 people
	480000 people
	790000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.9	1301154	40.751/-112.081	5.7	10.1	7.427	18 Mar 2020 13:21	00:11	(new episode)
2	1.1	1301154	40.751/-112.081	5.7	10.14	7.8	18 Mar 2020 13:22	00:13	(upd of #1)
3	1.1	1301166	40.752/-112.078	5.7	10.63	7.78	18 Mar 2020 13:51	00:41	(new episode)
4	1.1	1301166	40.752/-112.078	5.7	10.63	7.78	18 Mar 2020 14:17	01:07	(upd of #3)
5	1	1301166	40.751/-112.078	5.7	11.7	7.74	18 Mar 2020 14:49	01:40	(upd of #4)
6	1	1301166	40.751/-112.078	5.7	11.9	7.77	18 Mar 2020 22:27	09:18	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Utah	United States	180000 people
Utah	United States	470000 people
Utah	United States	830000 people
Utah	United States	910000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Saltair	Utah	United States	Village	-	3 km
Magna	Utah	United States	Village	23000 people	5 km
West Valley City	Utah	United States	City	110000 people	10 km
Kearns	Utah	United States	Village	34000 people	12 km
Oquirrh	Utah	United States	Village	10000 people	14 km
South Salt Lake	Utah	United States	Village	22000 people	16 km
North Salt Lake	Utah	United States	Village	8700 people	17 km
West Jordan	Utah	United States	Village	68000 people	18 km
Millcreek	Utah	United States	Village	30000 people	19 km
Murray	Utah	United States	Village	34000 people	19 km
Woods Cross	Utah	United States	Village	6400 people	19 km
West Bountiful	Utah	United States	Village	4500 people	22 km
Val Verda	Utah	United States	Village	7400 people	20 km
Salt Lake City	Utah	United States	Major city	180000 people	20 km
Midvale	Utah	United States	Village	27000 people	21 km
Bountiful	Utah	United States	City	41000 people	22 km
Canyon Rim	Utah	United States	Village	10000 people	22 km
Cottonwood West	Utah	United States	Village	19000 people	22 km
Union	Utah	United States	Village	17000 people	23 km
East Millcreek	Utah	United States	Village	21000 people	23 km
South Jordan	Utah	United States	Village	29000 people	23 km
Holladay	Utah	United States	Village	15000 people	23 km
Sandy	Utah	United States	Village	88000 people	25 km
Centerville	Utah	United States	Village	15000 people	25 km
Cottonwood	Utah	United States	Village	28000 people	25 km
Mount Olympus	Utah	United States	Village	7100 people	26 km
Little Cottonwood Creek Valley	Utah	United States	Village	7200 people	27 km
Herriman	Utah	United States	Village	1500 people	27 km
White City	Utah	United States	Village	6000 people	27 km
Cottonwood Heights	Utah	United States	Village	28000 people	28 km
Riverton	Utah	United States	Village	25000 people	28 km
Tooele	Utah	United States	City	23000 people	30 km
Burmester	Utah	United States	Village	-	33 km
Kaysville	Utah	United States	Village	20000 people	33 km
Grantsville	Utah	United States	Village	6000 people	37 km
Layton	Utah	United States	Village	58000 people	38 km
Syracuse	Utah	United States	Village	9400 people	38 km
Clearfield	Utah	United States	Village	26000 people	39 km
West Point	Utah	United States	Village	6000 people	41 km
Bingham Canyon	Utah	United States	Village	-	23 km
Farmington	Utah	United States	Village	12000 people	30 km
Granite	Utah	United States	Village	2000 people	31 km
Draper	Utah	United States	Village	25000 people	33 km
Fruit Heights	Utah	United States	Village	4700 people	34 km
Tod Park	Utah	United States	Village	-	36 km
Alpine	Utah	United States	Village	7100 people	41 km
Porterville	Utah	United States	Village	-	42 km
Sunset	Utah	United States	Village	5200 people	43 km
Lehi	Utah	United States	Village	19000 people	43 km
Clinton	Utah	United States	Village	13000 people	43 km
Highland	Utah	United States	Village	8200 people	44 km
South Weber	Utah	United States	Village	4300 people	44 km
Uintah	Utah	United States	Village	1100 people	45 km
American Fork	Utah	United States	City	22000 people	46 km
Roy	Utah	United States	Village	33000 people	47 km
Riverdale	Utah	United States	Village	7700 people	47 km
Washington Terrace	Utah	United States	Village	8600 people	47 km
Morgan	Utah	United States	Village	2600 people	47 km
South Ogden	Utah	United States	Village	14000 people	48 km
Timpie	Utah	United States	Village	-	48 km
Park City	Utah	United States	Village	7400 people	49 km
Pleasant Grove	Utah	United States	Village	23000 people	51 km
Fairfield	Utah	United States	Village	-	53 km
Saint John	Utah	United States	Village	-	53 km
Ogden	Utah	United States	City	77000 people	54 km
Lindon	Utah	United States	Village	8400 people	55 km
Devils Slide	Utah	United States	Village	-	56 km
Wanship	Utah	United States	Village	-	57 km
Harrisville	Utah	United States	Village	3600 people	59 km
Promontory Point	Utah	United States	Village	-	60 km
Orem	Utah	United States	City	84000 people	60 km
Heber	Utah	United States	Village	7300 people	61 km
Peoa	Utah	United States	Village	-	62 km
North Ogden	Utah	United States	Village	15000 people	63 km
Iosepa	Utah	United States	Village	-	63 km
Pleasant View	Utah	United States	Village	5600 people	64 km
Provo	Utah	United States	Major city	110000 people	64 km
Eden	Utah	United States	Village	-	65 km
Low	Utah	United States	Village	-	73 km
Benjamin	Utah	United States	Village	1000 people	78 km
Spanish Fork	Utah	United States	Village	20000 people	78 km
Dugway	Utah	United States	Village	2000 people	81 km
Payson	Utah	United States	Village	13000 people	83 km
Brigham City	Utah	United States	City	17000 people	85 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
Kutv Channel Two		1292				0	9 km
Salt Lake City International	SLC	1288	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	9 km
American Stores		1430				0	16 km
Phc Hospital		1295				0	16 km
Salt Lake City Municipal Nr 2		1403				0	16 km
Century Equipment Company		1297				0	17 km
Salt Lake Skypark	BTF	1291	Civ.	Paved	No	4700	18 km
St Mark's		1288				0	20 km
U S Forest Service		1463				0	20 km
Number 18		1469				0	22 km
Alta View Hospital		1448				0	27 km
Bolinder Field Tooele Valley		1316	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5400	28 km
Ward		1524				0	29 km
Utah National Guard Headquarters		1350				0	31 km
Tooele Municipal		1518				0	33 km
Davis Hospital & Medical Center		1311				0	35 km
Payne Field		1289				0	39 km
Lbl Farms		1298				0	44 km
Camp Williams		1481				0	38 km
Hill AFB	HIF	1460	Mil.	Paved	Yes	13500	42 km
Glenmar Ranch		1533				0	46 km
American Fork Hospital		1403				0	49 km
Ogden Hinckley	OGD	1362	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8100	50 km
Morgan County		1530				0	51 km
Tooele Army Depot (South Area)		1632				0	52 km
Jake Garn		1477				0	54 km
Timpanogos Regional Hospital		1443				0	58 km
Heber Valley		1717				0	63 km
Utah Valley Regional Medical Center		1399				0	66 km
Provo Municipal	PVU	1369	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8600	67 km
Spanish Fork Springville		1380				0	76 km
Brigham City Community Hospital		1313				0	82 km
Brigham City	BMC	1288	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	89 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Little Dell	Mountain Dell	1993	32 km
East Canyon	East Canyon	East Canyon Creek	1965	44 km
	Utah Lake Outlet	Jordan River	1988	46 km
	Amax Solar Ponds	Offstream Springs	1974	56 km
Rock Port Lake	Wanship	Weber River	1956	57 km
	Bor Jordanelle	Provo	1993	58 km
Willard	Arthur V. Watkins	Offstream Willard Creek	1963	70 km

More information

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