Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 04 Mar 2019 17:22 UTC

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M 4.6 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:	4.6M
Depth:	0.75 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.2803 , -108.911
Event Date:	04 Mar 2019 17:22 UTC 04 Mar 2019 10:22 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI VI 220000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000jadd
Inserted at:	04 Mar 2019 17:41 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
us1000jadd	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.65

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1251019	04 Mar 2019 17:22	5.29M, 3.25km	7.02	less than 100 (in MMI>=VII)	00:06	U UTAH
1251020	04 Mar 2019 17:22	5.3M, 0.75km	6.2	220 thousand (in 100km)	00:12	U UTAH
1251022	04 Mar 2019 17:22	4.6M, 0.75km	5.47	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:18	NEIC
1251029	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 (population 14) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Colorado	United States	<1000 people
Colorado	United States	4800 people
Utah	United States	3500 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bedrock	Colorado	United States	Village	-	5 km
Uravan	Colorado	United States	Village	-	17 km
Slick Rock	Colorado	United States	Village	-	26 km
Egnar	Colorado	United States	Village	-	40 km
Redvale	Colorado	United States	Village	-	45 km
Ucolo	Utah	United States	Village	-	47 km
Monticello	Utah	United States	Village	2000 people	59 km
Cahone	Colorado	United States	Village	-	70 km
Pleasant View	Colorado	United States	Village	-	78 km
Yellow Jacket	Colorado	United States	Village	-	85 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)	Distance
Hopkins Field		1809	31 km
Egnar		2458	45 km
Williams Ranch		2085	52 km
San Juan County	MXC	2133	54 km
Dove Creek		2126	57 km

More information

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