M 4.5 in United States on 24 Nov 2022 19:19 UTC

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: 4.5M
Depth: 14.388 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.604 , -103.9962
Event Date: 24 Nov 2022 19:19 UTC
24 Nov 2022 13:19 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI IV
20 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us7000is63
Inserted at: 24 Nov 2022 19:37 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
us7000is63 Scaled population (vector) 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
1475046 0 24 Nov 2022 19:19 4.5M, 14.388km 4.78 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:18 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 Texas (population 4) . The nearest places are Burchard Place, Orla, Grisham Pumping Station, Riverton, Old Christian Place, Red Bluff, Angeles, Arno, Mentone, Toyah, and Lookout Crossing.

Radius Population
100 km 61000 people
75 km 15000 people
50 km 4000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Texas United States <1000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Burchard Place Texas United States Village - 17 km
Orla Texas United States Village - 25 km
Grisham Pumping Station Texas United States Village - 26 km
Riverton Texas United States Village - 27 km
Old Christian Place Texas United States Village - 28 km
Red Bluff Texas United States Village - 33 km
Angeles Texas United States Village - 33 km
Arno Texas United States Village - 35 km
Mentone Texas United States Village - 36 km
Toyah Texas United States Village <1000 people 37 km
Tovah Texas United States Village - 38 km
Robinson Arms Landing Texas United States Village - 40 km
Hermosa Texas United States Village - 42 km
Old House Place Texas United States Village - 43 km
Gozar Texas United States Village - 44 km
Ort Texas United States Village - 48 km
Seven Heart Crossing Texas United States Village - 49 km
Mann Texas United States Village - 50 km
San Martinez Texas United States Village - 50 km
Lindsay Texas United States Village <1000 people 51 km
Pecos Texas United States City 9500 people 52 km
Red Bluff New Mexico United States Village - 52 km
Valley Farm Texas United States Village - 56 km
Levinson Texas United States Village - 57 km
Ross Place New Mexico United States Village - 58 km
Barstow Texas United States Village <1000 people 59 km
Hoban Texas United States Village - 61 km
Collier Texas United States Village - 62 km
Kent Texas United States Village - 64 km
Pierce Canyon Crossing New Mexico United States Village - 65 km
Verhalen Texas United States Village - 65 km
Pezuna del Caballo Texas United States Village - 67 km
State Line Texas United States Village - 67 km
Boracho Texas United States Village - 69 km
Malaga New Mexico United States Village - 70 km
Lookout Crossing New Mexico 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
Pecos Municipal PEQ 798 Civ. Paved Yes 6200 52 km
Triangle Ranch Private 1341 0 58 km
Rancho del Cielo 1344 0 68 km
Carlsbad Caverns 1101 0 72 km
Winkler County INK 859 Civ. Paved Yes 4500 78 km
Seven Springs 1067 0 79 km
Figure 2 Ranch 1128 0 82 km
Carlsbad CNM 1004 Civ. Paved Yes 7800 85 km
Culberson County VHN 1205 Civ. Paved Yes 6000 96 km
Lea Co Jal 949 0 99 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Red Bluff Dam Pecos River 1936 35 km

More information

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