Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 24 Aug 2014 10:20 UTC

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M 6.1 in United States on 24 Aug 2014 10:20 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:	6.1M
Depth:	10.75 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.21 , -122.32
Event Date:	24 Aug 2014 10:20 UTC 24 Aug 2014 03:20 Local
Exposed Population:	7688843 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	24 Aug 2014 11:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.9		0.9
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1058569	0.9	24 Aug 2014 10:20	6.1M, 9km	N/A	8 million (in 100km)	00:04	USGS
1058570	0.7	24 Aug 2014 10:20	5.7M, 10.8km	N/A	7.7 million (in 100km)	00:04	USGS
1058572	0.9	24 Aug 2014 10:20	6M, 10.8km	N/A	7.7 million (in 100km)	00:09	NEIC
1058573	0.9	24 Aug 2014 10:20	6.1M, 10.75km	N/A	7.7 million (in 100km)	00:54	NEIC

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 California (population 79,174) . The alertlevel for this event is Orange

Intensity	Population
	79000 people
	48000 people
	160000 people
	370000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1058572	38.21/-122.32	6	10.8	0	17 Oct 2016 10:09	784d 23:48	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
California	United States	79000 people
California	United States	47000 people
California	United States	120000 people
California	United States	360000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Napa	California	United States	Village	73000 people	11 km
American Canyon	California	United States	Village	9800 people	7 km
Vallejo	California	United States	City	120000 people	14 km
Sonoma	California	United States	Village	9100 people	18 km
El Verano	California	United States	Village	4000 people	18 km
Selby	California	United States	Village	-	18 km
Rodeo	California	United States	Village	8700 people	20 km
Green Valley	California	United States	Village	1900 people	15 km
Black Point	California	United States	Village	-	20 km
Benicia	California	United States	Village	27000 people	21 km
Pinole	California	United States	Village	19000 people	22 km
Hercules	California	United States	Village	19000 people	23 km
Tara Hills	California	United States	Village	5300 people	24 km
Fairfield	California	United States	Village	96000 people	25 km
El Sobrante	California	United States	Village	12000 people	26 km
Suisun Stadt	California	United States	Village	26000 people	27 km
Suisun City	California	United States	Village	26000 people	27 km
Petaluma	California	United States	Village	55000 people	28 km
Martinez	California	United States	Village	36000 people	29 km
Vine Hill	California	United States	Village	3300 people	29 km
Maltby	California	United States	Village	-	31 km
Port Chicago	California	United States	Village	-	32 km
Rohnert Park	California	United States	Village	42000 people	36 km
Cotati	California	United States	Village	6500 people	37 km
South Santa Rosa	California	United States	Village	8300 people	42 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
Napa County	APC	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	3 km
Sonoma Skypark		6				0	11 km
Sonoma Valley		3				0	11 km
Vallejo	VLO	unknown				0	13 km
Garibaldi Brothers		6				0	18 km
River Meadow Farm		45				0	29 km
Gnoss Field	NOT	0	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3300	22 km
Hamilton AAF		1				0	23 km
Petaluma Municipal		27				0	26 km
Moskowite		274				0	29 km
Graywood Ranch		137				0	33 km
St. Helena Fire Dept.		94				0	41 km
Virgil O Parrett Field		563				0	42 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Vallejo	USVLO	Wake Island	15 km
Benicia	USBNC	Wake Island	22 km
Martinez	USMRZ	Wake Island	26 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Lake Curry	Gordon Valley Creek	1926	24 km
	Hennessey	Conn Creek	Conn Creek	1946	31 km

More information

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