Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 31 Mar 2020 23:52 UTC

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M 6.5 in United States on 31 Mar 2020 23:52 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:	6.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	44.4484 , -115.1361
Event Date:	31 Mar 2020 23:52 UTC 31 Mar 2020 17:52 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VIII About 16000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70008jr5
Inserted at:	01 Apr 2020 02:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70008jr5	Scaled population (raster)	1.04
	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1303303		0	31 Mar 2020 23:52	6.5M, 10km	8.19	less than 100 (in MMI>=VII)		02:56	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 Idaho (population 1,047,727) . The nearest places are Casto, Lower Stanley, Stanley, Camp Creek Summer Home Area, Bear Creek Summer Home Area, Grandjean, Bonanza, Custer, Sunbeam, Landmark, and Alpha.

Radius	Population
100 km	17000 people
75 km	4700 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Idaho	United States	1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Casto	Idaho	United States	Village	-	27 km
Lower Stanley	Idaho	United States	Village	-	30 km
Stanley	Idaho	United States	Village	<1000 people	30 km
Camp Creek Summer Home Area	Idaho	United States	Village	-	31 km
Bear Creek Summer Home Area	Idaho	United States	Village	-	32 km
Grandjean	Idaho	United States	Village	-	32 km
Bonanza	Idaho	United States	Village	-	34 km
Custer	Idaho	United States	Village	-	36 km
Sunbeam	Idaho	United States	Village	-	38 km
Landmark	Idaho	United States	Village	-	40 km
Robinson Bar	Idaho	United States	Village	-	43 km
Obsidian	Idaho	United States	Village	-	47 km
Warm Lake	Idaho	United States	Village	-	47 km
Torreys	Idaho	United States	Village	-	48 km
Long Creek Summit Home	Idaho	United States	Village	-	50 km
Stibnite	Idaho	United States	Village	-	53 km
Midnight	Idaho	United States	Village	-	55 km
Lowman	Idaho	United States	Village	-	56 km
Banner	Idaho	United States	Village	-	57 km
Sullivan Hot Springs	Idaho	United States	Village	-	59 km
Clayton	Idaho	United States	Village	<1000 people	62 km
Yellow Pine	Idaho	United States	Village	-	64 km
Sawtooth City	Idaho	United States	Village	-	66 km
Bayhorse	Idaho	United States	Village	-	66 km
Eagle Nest	Idaho	United States	Village	-	66 km
Alpha	Idaho	United States	Village	-	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
Bruce Meadows		1942				0	15 km
Morgan Ranch		1717				0	18 km
Sulphur Creek Ranch		1779				0	20 km
Silva Ranch		1951				0	23 km
Upper Loon Creek Usfs		1676				0	30 km
Stanley		1952				0	31 km
Thomas Creek		1341				0	33 km
Indian Creek Usfs		1433				0	35 km
Warm Springs Creek		1472				0	37 km
Mahoney Creek Usfs		1408				0	37 km
Landmark Usfs		2031				0	38 km
Deadwood Dam Airstrip		1673				0	44 km
Lower Loon Creek		1280				0	48 km
Stibnite		1993				0	53 km
Graham Usfs		1745				0	56 km
Johnson Creek		1504				0	59 km
Smiley Creek		2182				0	65 km
Bernard Usfs		1105				0	67 km
Reed Ranch		1266				0	67 km
Cascade		1445				0	70 km
Atlanta		1676				0	71 km
Weatherby Usfs		1370				0	71 km
Valley County Hospital		1463				0	73 km
Golden Age Mine		1509				0	73 km
Challis	CHL	1546	Civ.	Paved	No	4600	74 km
Krassel Usfs		1214				0	75 km
Taylor Ranch Landing Area		1169				0	76 km
Garden Valley		960				0	76 km
Soldier Bar Usfs		1277				0	77 km
Big Creek		1753				0	78 km
Cabin Creek Usfs		1307				0	79 km
Donnelly		1481				0	82 km
Bear Air		1495				0	83 km
High Valley Bills		1488				0	84 km
Hidden Lakes		1477				0	87 km
Idaho City Usfs		1195				0	90 km
McCall	MYL	1531	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6100	91 km
Cold Meadows Usfs		2143				0	95 km
Everett		1879				0	95 km
Twin Bridges		2101				0	99 km
May		1623				0	100 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Deadwood	Deadwood	Deadwood River	1930	44 km
Lake Cascade	Cascade	North Fork of Payette River	1947	73 km

More information

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