Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 24 Jul 2018 14:44 UTC

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M 5.6 in United States on 24 Jul 2018 14:44 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	41.8034 , -126.8608
Event Date:	24 Jul 2018 14:44 UTC 24 Jul 2018 06:44 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000gcpa
Inserted at:	24 Jul 2018 15:44 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
us2000gcpa	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1221079	24 Jul 2018 14:44	5.6M, 1km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	00:07	NTWC
1221088	24 Jul 2018 14:44	5.6M, 10km	3.23	No people affected (in 100km)	00:21	NEIC
1221093	24 Jul 2018 14:44	5.6M, 10km	3.11	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:59	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 ,of Oregon (population 49,567) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1221088	41.81/-126.915	5.6	10	3.23	24 Jul 2018 15:11	00:26	(new episode)
2	1221093	41.81/-126.915	5.6	10	3.23	24 Jul 2018 15:44	00:59	(new episode)
3	1221093	41.803/-126.861	5.6	10	3.22	24 Jul 2018 15:50	01:05	(upd of #2)
4	1221093	41.803/-126.861	5.6	10	3.11	24 Jul 2018 17:43	02:58	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Oregon	United States	50000 people
	California	United States	22000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pistol River	Oregon	United States	Village	-	212 km
Brookings	Oregon	United States	Village	5400 people	215 km
Nesika Beach	Oregon	United States	Village	-	217 km
Crescent City North	California	United States	Village	4000 people	220 km
Crescent City	California	United States	Village	4000 people	221 km
Ophir	Oregon	United States	Village	-	223 km
Fort Dick	California	United States	Village	-	225 km
Smith River	California	United States	Village	-	226 km
Sixes	Oregon	United States	Village	-	227 km
Langlois	Oregon	United States	Village	-	235 km
Agness	Oregon	United States	Village	-	246 km
McKinleyville	California	United States	Village	14000 people	248 km
Bandon	Oregon	United States	Village	2800 people	250 km
Fields Landing	California	United States	Village	-	252 km
Humboldt Hill	California	United States	Village	3200 people	254 km
Riverton	Oregon	United States	Village	-	261 km
Broadbent	Oregon	United States	Village	-	261 km
Myrtle Point	Oregon	United States	Village	2500 people	265 km
Norway	Oregon	United States	Village	-	265 km
Coquille	Oregon	United States	Village	4200 people	268 km
Charleston	Oregon	United States	Village	-	269 km
Coos Bay	Oregon	United States	City	15000 people	279 km
North Bend	Oregon	United States	Village	9500 people	279 km
Hauser	Oregon	United States	Village	-	287 km
Lakeside	Oregon	United States	Village	1400 people	296 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
Gold Beach Municipal	GOL	5				0	213 km
Brookings State	BOK	140				0	215 km
Jack Mcnamara Field	CEC	17	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000	218 km
Cape Blanco State		65				0	225 km
Bandon State	BDY	36				0	247 km
Arcata	ACV	66	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	248 km
Eureka Municipal		6				0	249 km
Powers State		99				0	259 km
Norway		7				0	265 km
Illinois Valley Usfs		423				0	266 km
Benham		85				0	267 km
North Bend Municipal	OTH	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300	280 km
Sunnyhill		98				0	287 km
Lakeside State		6				0	295 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Brookings		Wake Island	218 km
Port Orford		Wake Island	220 km
Crescent City	USCEC	Wake Island	221 km
Cape Blanco		Wake Island	222 km
Bandon		Wake Island	249 km
Eureka	USEKA	Wake Island	250 km
Fields Landing		Wake Island	252 km
Prosper		Wake Island	253 km
Empire		Wake Island	276 km
Coos Bay	USCOB	Wake Island	279 km
North Bend	USOTH	Wake Island	282 km

More information

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