Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 28 Jun 2008 14:44 UTC

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M 4.3 in United States on 28 Jun 2008 14:44 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.3M
Depth:	12.2 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.5858 , -118.819
Event Date:	28 Jun 2008 14:44 UTC 28 Jun 2008 07:44 Local
Exposed Population:	about 72000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	28 Jun 2008 14:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
41876		0.5	28 Jun 2008 14:44	4.3M, 12.2km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		00:08	NEIC
42008		0.5	28 Jun 2008 14:44	4.1M, 12.2km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		2d 02:14	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 , State of California (population 30,971,320) . The nearest places are Whitmore Hot Springs, North Landing, South Landing, Benton Crossing, Aspen Springs, Toms Place, Old Mammoth, Mammoth Lakes, Lake Mary, Crestview, and Rock Haven.

Radius	Population
100 km	51000 people
75 km	26000 people
50 km	13000 people
20 km	10000 people
10 km	<1000 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
Whitmore Hot Springs	California	United States	Village	-	3 km
North Landing	California	United States	Village	-	7 km
South Landing	California	United States	Village	-	8 km
Benton Crossing	California	United States	Village	-	11 km
Aspen Springs	California	United States	Village	-	11 km
Toms Place	California	United States	Village	-	13 km
Old Mammoth	California	United States	Village	-	14 km
Mammoth Lakes	California	United States	Village	7100 people	15 km
Lake Mary	California	United States	Village	-	16 km
Crestview	California	United States	Village	-	21 km
Mesa Camp	California	United States	Village	-	25 km
Rovana	California	United States	Village	-	28 km
Scheelite	California	United States	Village	-	29 km
June Lake	California	United States	Village	-	29 km
Round Valley	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	30 km
Mono Mills	California	United States	Village	-	33 km
Silver Lake	California	United States	Village	-	33 km
Benton Hot Springs	California	United States	Village	-	33 km
Mono Hot Springs	California	United States	Village	-	36 km
Benton	California	United States	Village	-	38 km
Rocking K	California	United States	Village	-	41 km
Chalfant	California	United States	Village	-	41 km
Montgomery City	California	United States	Village	-	42 km
West Bishop	California	United States	Village	2800 people	43 km
Brockmans Corner	California	United States	Village	-	43 km
Bishop	California	United States	Village	3600 people	45 km
Aspendell	California	United States	Village	-	46 km
Pizona	California	United States	Village	-	46 km
Snow Bend	California	United States	Village	-	47 km
Lee Vining	California	United States	Village	-	47 km
Laws	California	United States	Village	-	48 km
Peterson Mill	California	United States	Village	-	50 km
Huntington Lake	California	United States	Village	-	50 km
Lakeshore	California	United States	Village	-	51 km
Cedar Crest	California	United States	Village	-	52 km
Mono City	California	United States	Village	-	56 km
Keough Hot Springs	California	United States	Village	-	56 km
Mount Montgomery	Nevada	United States	Village	-	56 km
Big Creek	California	United States	Village	-	58 km
Lundy	California	United States	Village	-	59 km
Gold Hit	Nevada	United States	Village	-	60 km
Camp Sierra	California	United States	Village	-	60 km
Beasore Meadow	California	United States	Village	-	61 km
Chawanakee	California	United States	Village	-	63 km
Central Peak	California	United States	Village	-	65 km
Dinkey Creek	California	United States	Village	-	65 km
Whisky Falls	California	United States	Village	-	65 km
Dyer	Nevada	United States	Village	-	65 km
Basalt	Nevada	United States	Village	-	66 km
Dunderberg Mill	California	United States	Village	-	67 km
Shaver Lake Point	California	United States	Village	-	67 km
Glacier Point	California	United States	Village	-	68 km
Pine Logging Camp	California	United States	Village	-	68 km
Big Pine	California	United States	Village	1400 people	68 km
Camp Curry	California	United States	Village	-	68 km
Zurich	California	United States	Village	-	69 km
Bodie	California	United States	Village	-	69 km
Rock Haven	California	United States	Village	-	69 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
Mammoth June Lakes	MMH	2173	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7000	2 km
Lee Vining		2073				0	46 km
Bishop	BIH	1256	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7400	48 km
Big Creek Helistop		1512				0	59 km
Sce Shaver Summit		1754				0	65 km
Circle L Ranch		1474				0	67 km
Sce Tiffany Pines		1691				0	69 km
Yosemite National Park	OYS	unknown				0	70 km
North Valley		1512				0	70 km
Dyer		1493				0	72 km
Johnston Field		390				0	80 km
Bryant Field		1971				0	81 km
Balch Camp		489				0	83 km
U S Forest Service		2027				0	84 km
Auberry Hydro Service Center		610				0	84 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Lake Crowley	Long Valley	Owens River	1941	10 km
Lake Thomas A. Edison	Vermilion Valley	Mono Creek	1954	30 km
	Gem Lake	Rush Creek	1917	33 km
	Grant Lake	Rush Creek	1940	38 km
Florence	Florence Lake	South Fork of San Joaquin River	1926	40 km
	Sabrina	Middle Fork of Bishop Creek	1908	48 km
South Lake	Hillside	South Fork of Bishop Creek	1910	54 km
	Mammoth Pool	San Joaquin River	1960	54 km
Huntington Lake 1	Huntington Lake 1	Big Creek	1917	54 km
	Saddlebag Lake	Lee Vining Creek	1921	56 km
	Courtright	Helms Creek	1958	60 km
Shaver	Shaver Lake	Stevenson Creek	1927	67 km
	Wishon Main	North Fork of Kings River	1958	69 km
Bass Lake	Crane Val Stor	North Fork of Willow Creek	1910	72 km
Redinger Lake	Big Creek 7	San Joaquin River	1951	76 km
	Tinemaha	Owens River	1928	81 km
Bridgeport Reservoir	Bridgeport	East Walker River	1924	87 km

More information

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