M 4.6 in United States on 10 Sep 2019 04:25 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: 9.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.5419 , -116.5599
Event Date: 10 Sep 2019 04:25 UTC
09 Sep 2019 21:25 Local
Exposed Population: About 4000 people within 100km
Source: U NEV nn00703188
Inserted at: 11 Sep 2019 02:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
U NEV 0 0
nn00703188 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  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
1271541 0 10 Sep 2019 04:25 4.5M, 14.8km 4.31 5 thousand (in 100km) 00:09 U NEV
1271542 0 10 Sep 2019 04:25 4.6M, 1km 4.44 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:23 U NEV
1271543 0 10 Sep 2019 04:25 4.6M, 9.1km 4.42 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 21:44 U NEV
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 Nevada (population 1) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1271541 39.526/-116.545 4.46 14.8300 4.31 10 Sep 2019 04:34 00:09 (new episode)
2 0 1271542 39.526/-116.545 4.46 14.8300 4.31 10 Sep 2019 04:47 00:21 (new episode)
3 0 1271542 39.529/-116.533 4.61 0.9735 4.44 10 Sep 2019 04:49 00:23 (upd of #2)
4 0 1271543 39.529/-116.533 4.61 0.9735 4.44 10 Sep 2019 04:54 00:28 (new episode)
5 0 1271543 39.542/-116.56 4.58 9.1421 4.42 10 Sep 2019 04:56 00:30 (upd of #4)
6 0 1271543 39.542/-116.56 4.58 9.1421 4.42 11 Sep 2019 02:10 21:44 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Nevada United States <1000 people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.