M 5.5 in United States on 18 May 2020 07:02 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.8281 , -127.2301
Event Date: 18 May 2020 07:02 UTC
17 May 2020 23:02 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70009jgy
Inserted at: 18 May 2020 16:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70009jgy Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1311064 0 18 May 2020 07:02 5.5M, 11km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:06 NTWC
1311071 0 18 May 2020 07:02 5.5M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 09:28 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) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
California United States 31 million people
Oregon United States 3 million people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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