Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 30 Jun 2020 09:24 UTC

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M 5 in United States on 30 Jun 2020 09:24 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:	5.0M
Depth:	8.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.1539 , -117.9583
Event Date:	30 Jun 2020 09:24 UTC 30 Jun 2020 02:24 Local
Exposed Population:	About 24000 people within 100km
Source:	U NEV nn00755218
Inserted at:	30 Jun 2020 15:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
U NEV	0		0
nn00755218	Scaled population (raster)	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
1318523	30 Jun 2020 09:24	4.8M, 11.2km	4.52	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:07	U NEV
1318526	30 Jun 2020 09:24	5.1M, 8.7km	4.5	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	06:18	U NEV
1318575	30 Jun 2020 09:24	5M, 8.3km	4.51	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	06:24	U NEV

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 Nevada (population 1,250,752) . The nearest places are Columbus, Candelaria, Coaldale, Tonopah Junction, Blair Junction, Gilbert, Sodaville, Mina, Camp Douglas, McLeans, and Midway.

Radius	Population
100 km	25000 people
75 km	7600 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
Nevada	United States	1.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Columbus	Nevada	United States	Village	-	9 km
Candelaria	Nevada	United States	Village	-	11 km
Coaldale	Nevada	United States	Village	-	15 km
Tonopah Junction	Nevada	United States	Village	-	17 km
Blair Junction	Nevada	United States	Village	-	22 km
Gilbert	Nevada	United States	Village	-	23 km
Sodaville	Nevada	United States	Village	-	24 km
Mina	Nevada	United States	Village	-	29 km
Camp Douglas	Nevada	United States	Village	-	29 km
McLeans	Nevada	United States	Village	-	29 km
The Crossing	Nevada	United States	Village	-	32 km
Basalt	Nevada	United States	Village	-	32 km
Marietta	Nevada	United States	Village	-	35 km
Gold Hit	Nevada	United States	Village	-	37 km
Mount Montgomery	Nevada	United States	Village	-	41 km
Coyote Hole	Nevada	United States	Village	-	42 km
Weepah	Nevada	United States	Village	-	43 km
Luning	Nevada	United States	Village	-	43 km
Millers	Nevada	United States	Village	-	44 km
Simon	Nevada	United States	Village	-	47 km
Montezuma Wells	Nevada	United States	Village	-	48 km
Blair	Nevada	United States	Village	-	48 km
Omco	Nevada	United States	Village	-	51 km
Nivloc	Nevada	United States	Village	-	52 km
Qualeys Camp	Nevada	United States	Village	-	53 km
Silverpeak	Nevada	United States	Village	-	53 km
Dyer	Nevada	United States	Village	-	54 km
Montgomery City	California	United States	Village	-	55 km
Pizona	California	United States	Village	-	56 km
Jaggersville	Nevada	United States	Village	-	56 km
Kinkaid	Nevada	United States	Village	-	58 km
Benton	California	United States	Village	-	59 km
Pactolus	Nevada	United States	Village	-	59 km
Benton Hot Springs	California	United States	Village	-	64 km
Tonopah	Nevada	United States	Village	2600 people	65 km
Goldyke	Nevada	United States	Village	-	65 km
Alkali	Nevada	United States	Village	-	66 km
Klondike	Nevada	United States	Village	-	68 km
Midway	Nevada	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
Mina		1387				0	28 km
North Valley		1512				0	34 km
Circle L Ranch		1474				0	48 km
Dyer		1493				0	61 km
Hawthorne Municipal	HTH	1285	Civ.	Paved	No	4800	73 km
Tonopah	TPH	1654	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7000	77 km
Goldfield		1731				0	80 km
Gabbs	GAB	1433	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5900	85 km
Hadley		1751				0	93 km
Bishop	BIH	1256	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7400	94 km
Mammoth June Lakes	MMH	2173	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7000	97 km
Wine Glass Ranch		1697				0	99 km
Lida Junction		1428				0	100 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Tonopah Tails	Trib. Peavine Creek	n/a	52 km
Lake Crowley	Long Valley	Owens River	1941	91 km
	RMG West Tailings Dam	OS	1997	94 km

More information

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