Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 06 Jan 2022 00:28 UTC

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M 5.19 in United States on 06 Jan 2022 00:28 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:	5.2M
Depth:	11.41 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.3274994 , -117.9014969
Event Date:	06 Jan 2022 00:28 UTC 05 Jan 2022 16:28 Local
Exposed Population:	20 thousand in 100km
Source:	NCAL SS nc73674211
Inserted at:	06 Jan 2022 00:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NCAL SS	0		0
nc73674211	Scaled population (vector)	4.47
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	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
1419688	06 Jan 2022 00:28	5.19M, 11.41km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:05	NCAL SS
1419689	06 Jan 2022 00:28	4.76M, 11.41km	5.22	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:06	NCAL SS
1419711	06 Jan 2022 00:28	4.75M, 11.41km	5.38	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	01:44	NCAL SS

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 Deep Springs, Sylvania, Oasis, Crater, Zurich, Monola, Lida, Big Pine, Laws, Fish Springs, and Seven Pines.

Radius	Population
100 km	22000 people
75 km	16000 people
50 km	14000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
California	United States	31 million people
Nevada	United States	1.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Deep Springs	California	United States	Village	-	9 km
Sylvania	Nevada	United States	Village	-	18 km
Oasis	California	United States	Village	-	18 km
Crater	California	United States	Village	-	23 km
Zurich	California	United States	Village	-	36 km
Monola	California	United States	Village	-	37 km
Lida	Nevada	United States	Village	-	39 km
Big Pine	California	United States	Village	1400 people	39 km
Laws	California	United States	Village	-	40 km
Fish Springs	California	United States	Village	-	42 km
Dyer	Nevada	United States	Village	-	42 km
Keough Hot Springs	California	United States	Village	-	43 km
Stateline	Nevada	United States	Village	-	44 km
Nivloc	Nevada	United States	Village	-	45 km
Bishop	California	United States	Village	3600 people	45 km
Chalfant	California	United States	Village	-	47 km
Brockmans Corner	California	United States	Village	-	47 km
Gold Point	Nevada	United States	Village	-	48 km
West Bishop	California	United States	Village	2800 people	49 km
Aberdeen	California	United States	Village	-	50 km
Rocking K	California	United States	Village	-	51 km
Peterson Mill	California	United States	Village	-	52 km
Old Camp	Nevada	United States	Village	-	52 km
Silverpeak	Nevada	United States	Village	-	53 km
Coyote Hole	Nevada	United States	Village	-	53 km
Blackrock	California	United States	Village	-	53 km
Blair	Nevada	United States	Village	-	56 km
Tokop	Nevada	United States	Village	-	57 km
The Crossing	Nevada	United States	Village	-	60 km
Kearsarge	California	United States	Village	-	61 km
Round Valley	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	62 km
Aspendell	California	United States	Village	-	63 km
Mesa Camp	California	United States	Village	-	63 km
Montezuma	Nevada	United States	Village	-	63 km
Rovana	California	United States	Village	-	64 km
Independence	California	United States	Village	<1000 people	64 km
Reward	California	United States	Village	-	66 km
Manzanar	California	United States	Village	-	67 km
Forks Station	Nevada	United States	Village	-	68 km
Scheelite	California	United States	Village	-	69 km
Beveridge	California	United States	Village	-	69 km
Seven Pines	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
Dyer		1493				0	33 km
Bishop	BIH	1256	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7400	41 km
Circle L Ranch		1474				0	47 km
North Valley		1512				0	62 km
Independence		1189				0	63 km
Lida Junction		1428				0	65 km
Goldfield		1731				0	73 km
Lone Pine		1122				0	83 km
Mammoth June Lakes	MMH	2173	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7000	89 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Tinemaha	Owens River	1928	42 km
South Lake	Hillside	South Fork of Bishop Creek	1910	62 km
	Sabrina	Middle Fork of Bishop Creek	1908	65 km
Lake Crowley	Long Valley	Owens River	1941	77 km
Florence	Florence Lake	South Fork of San Joaquin River	1926	95 km
Lake Thomas A. Edison	Vermilion Valley	Mono Creek	1954	96 km
	Courtright	Helms Creek	1958	99 km

More information

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