Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 04 Mar 2019 17:22 UTC

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M 5.29 in United States on 04 Mar 2019 17:22 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:	5.3M
Depth:	3.25 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.2563324 , -108.9089966
Event Date:	04 Mar 2019 17:22 UTC 04 Mar 2019 10:22 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI VII 200000 people within 100km
Source:	U UTAH uu60315157
Inserted at:	04 Mar 2019 17:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
U UTAH	0		0
uu60315157	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
1251019	04 Mar 2019 17:22	5.29M, 3.25km	7.02	less than 100 (in MMI>=VII)	00:06	U UTAH
1251020	04 Mar 2019 17:22	5.3M, 0.75km	6.2	220 thousand (in 100km)	00:12	U UTAH
1251022	04 Mar 2019 17:22	4.6M, 0.75km	5.47	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:18	NEIC
1251029	04 Mar 2019 17:22	4.49M, 0.76km	5.1	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	01:26	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 , State of Colorado (population 3,428,480) . The nearest places are Bedrock, Paradox, Uravan, Slick Rock, East Vancorum, Summit Point, La Sal, Naturita, Nucla, Beards Corner, and Cahone.

Radius	Population
100 km	200000 people
75 km	19000 people
50 km	2400 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Colorado	United States	3.4 million people
Utah	United States	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bedrock	Colorado	United States	Village	-	7 km
Paradox	Colorado	United States	Village	-	13 km
Uravan	Colorado	United States	Village	-	18 km
Slick Rock	Colorado	United States	Village	-	24 km
East Vancorum	Colorado	United States	Village	-	28 km
Summit Point	Utah	United States	Village	-	29 km
La Sal	Utah	United States	Village	<1000 people	31 km
Naturita	Colorado	United States	Village	<1000 people	31 km
Nucla	Colorado	United States	Village	<1000 people	32 km
Beards Corner	Colorado	United States	Village	-	34 km
Mountain View	Colorado	United States	Village	-	38 km
Egnar	Colorado	United States	Village	-	38 km
Basin	Colorado	United States	Village	-	39 km
La Sal Junction	Utah	United States	Village	-	43 km
Redvale	Colorado	United States	Village	-	44 km
Ucolo	Utah	United States	Village	-	44 km
Pinon	Colorado	United States	Village	-	45 km
Gateway	Colorado	United States	Village	-	48 km
Coventry	Colorado	United States	Village	-	48 km
Northdale	Colorado	United States	Village	-	50 km
Lockerby	Utah	United States	Village	-	53 km
Dove Creek	Colorado	United States	Village	<1000 people	54 km
Eastland	Utah	United States	Village	-	54 km
Spanish Valley	Utah	United States	Village	<1000 people	55 km
Norwood	Colorado	United States	Village	<1000 people	55 km
Ute	Colorado	United States	Village	-	56 km
Monticello	Utah	United States	Village	2000 people	58 km
Castle Valley	Utah	United States	Village	<1000 people	60 km
Verdure	Utah	United States	Village	-	65 km
Moab	Utah	United States	Village	4800 people	67 km
Cahone	Colorado	United States	Village	-	67 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
Hopkins Field		1809				0	30 km
Egnar		2458				0	42 km
La Sal Junction		1829				0	43 km
Hubbard		1423				0	48 km
Hendricks Field At West Creek Ranch		1469				0	50 km
Williams Ranch		2085				0	51 km
San Juan County	MXC	2133				0	52 km
Sky Ranch		1524				0	54 km
Dove Creek		2126				0	55 km
Basin Clinic		1646				0	56 km
Flying M & M Ranch		2438				0	61 km
Two Jays Nr 1		1372				0	62 km
Raspberry		3031				0	64 km
Arches Tours		1250				0	69 km
Tangri-La		1201				0	70 km
Needles Outpost		1509				0	74 km
Pleasant View		2354				0	77 km
Placerville		2226				0	80 km
Whitewater		1892				0	80 km
Wilson Ranch		2920				0	84 km
Pinyon		2128				0	85 km
Blanding Ambulance		1798				0	85 km
Hawkins Field		1524				0	87 km
Ash Mesa		1732				0	87 km
Point Creek		1890				0	88 km
Happy Canyon Aero Ranch		1890				0	90 km
Tanner Field		2024				0	90 km
Blanding Municipal	BDG	1788	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6000	90 km
Clifford Field		1695				0	90 km
Canyonlands Field	CNY	1388	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100	92 km
Montrose County	MTJ	1755	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	93 km
West Area Pwr Admin Ops Center		1775				0	93 km
Blake Field		1575				0	94 km
Telluride Regional	TEX	2769	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	94 km
Sky Island Ranch		1615				0	95 km
Mountain Bell		1396				0	98 km
Mineral Canyon Strip		1189				0	99 km
Doral / Telluride		2874				0	99 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Gurley	Gurley Canyon	1961	63 km
	Groundhog	Groundhog Creek	1905	75 km
	Recapture Creek	Recapture Creek	1984	80 km
McPhee	McPhee	Delores	1983	81 km
	Narraguinnep	Narraguinnep Canyon	1908	89 km

More information

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