Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 31 Mar 2020 23:52 UTC

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M 6.5 in United States on 31 Mar 2020 23:52 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:	6.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	44.4484 , -115.1361
Event Date:	31 Mar 2020 23:52 UTC 31 Mar 2020 17:52 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VIII About 16000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70008jr5
Inserted at:	01 Apr 2020 02:48 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
us70008jr5	Scaled population (raster)	0.3
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1303303		0	31 Mar 2020 23:52	6.5M, 10km	8.19	less than 100 (in MMI>=VII)		02:56	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 Idaho (population 2) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	<1000 people
	39000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.429	01 Apr 2020 00:33	00:41	(new episode)
2	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.429	01 Apr 2020 00:42	00:50	(upd of #1)
3	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.685	01 Apr 2020 01:26	01:33	(upd of #2)
4	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.606	01 Apr 2020 02:01	02:09	(upd of #3)
5	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.606	01 Apr 2020 02:17	02:25	(upd of #4)
6	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.64	01 Apr 2020 02:34	02:42	(upd of #5)
7	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.59	01 Apr 2020 02:48	02:56	(upd of #6)
8	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.607	01 Apr 2020 03:40	03:47	(upd of #7)
9	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.606	01 Apr 2020 03:56	04:04	(upd of #8)
10	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.607	01 Apr 2020 06:37	06:44	(upd of #9)
11	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	7.608	01 Apr 2020 06:53	07:00	(upd of #10)
12	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	8.073	01 Apr 2020 18:39	18:46	(upd of #11)
13	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	8.075	02 Apr 2020 00:02	1d 00:10	(upd of #12)
14	1303303	44.448/-115.136	6.5	10.0	8.192	02 Apr 2020 11:18	1d 11:26	(upd of #13)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Idaho	United States	<1000 people
Idaho	United States	<1000 people
Idaho	United States	2800 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sunbeam	Idaho	United States	Village	-	38 km
Lowman	Idaho	United States	Village	-	56 km
Corral	Idaho	United States	Village	-	123 km
Glenns Ferry	Idaho	United States	Village	1600 people	166 km
Hammett	Idaho	United States	Village	-	169 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Bruce Meadows	1942	15 km
Morgan Ranch	1717	18 km
Sulphur Creek Ranch	1779	20 km
Silva Ranch	1951	23 km
Stanley	1952	31 km
Upper Loon Creek Usfs	1676	30 km
Thomas Creek	1341	33 km
Indian Creek Usfs	1433	35 km
Warm Springs Creek	1472	37 km
Mahoney Creek Usfs	1408	37 km
Landmark Usfs	2031	38 km
Deadwood Dam Airstrip	1673	44 km
Lower Loon Creek	1280	48 km
Stibnite	1993	53 km
Graham Usfs	1745	56 km
Smiley Creek	2182	65 km
Camas County	1542	126 km
Glenns Ferry Municipal	773	168 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Deadwood	Deadwood	Deadwood River	1930	44 km

More information

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