M 5.29 in United States on 04 Mar 2019 17:22 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: 5.3M
Depth: 3.25 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.2563324 , -108.9089966
Event Date: 04 Mar 2019 17:22 UTC
04 Mar 2019 10:22 Local
Exposed Population: Less than 100 people in MMI VII
200000 people within 100km
Source: U UTAH uu60315157
Inserted at: 04 Mar 2019 17:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
U UTAH 0 0
uu60315157 Scaled population (vector) -0.22  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1251019 0 04 Mar 2019 17:22 5.29M, 3.25km 7.02 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 00:06 U UTAH
1251020 0 04 Mar 2019 17:22 5.3M, 0.75km 6.2 220 thousand (in 100km) 00:12 U UTAH
1251022 0 04 Mar 2019 17:22 4.6M, 0.75km 5.47 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:18 NEIC
1251029 0 04 Mar 2019 17:22 4.49M, 0.76km 5.1 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:26 U UTAH
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 Colorado. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
<1000 people
3500 people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1251019 38.256/-108.909 5.3 3.2 7.021 04 Mar 2019 17:32 00:09 (new episode)
2 0 1251019 38.256/-108.909 5.3 3.2 7.021 04 Mar 2019 17:34 00:11 (upd of #1)
3 0 1251020 38.256/-108.909 5.3 3.2 7.021 04 Mar 2019 17:35 00:12 (new episode)
4 0 1251020 38.256/-108.909 5.3 3.2 7.021 04 Mar 2019 17:37 00:14 (upd of #3)
5 0 1251022 38.256/-108.909 5.3 3.2 7.021 04 Mar 2019 17:42 00:19 (new episode)
6 0 1251022 38.28/-108.911 5.3 0.8 5.766 04 Mar 2019 17:52 00:29 (upd of #5)
7 0 1251022 38.28/-108.911 5.3 0.8 5.473 04 Mar 2019 18:05 00:42 (upd of #6)
8 0 1251029 38.28/-108.911 5.3 0.8 5.473 04 Mar 2019 18:49 01:26 (new episode)
9 0 1251029 38.28/-108.911 4.6 0.8 5.094 04 Mar 2019 19:03 01:40 (upd of #8)
10 0 1251029 38.28/-108.911 4.6 0.8 5.095 04 Mar 2019 19:27 02:04 (upd of #9)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Colorado United States no people
Colorado United States <1000 people
Colorado United States 1600 people
Utah United States <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Bedrock Colorado United States Village - 7 km
Uravan Colorado United States Village - 18 km
Slick Rock Colorado United States Village - 24 km
Egnar Colorado United States Village - 38 km
Redvale Colorado United States Village - 44 km
Ucolo Utah United States Village - 44 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Hopkins Field 1809 0 30 km

More information

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