M 5.1 in United States on 01 Dec 2020 23:32 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: 5.1M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.1637 , -118.0837
Event Date: 01 Dec 2020 23:32 UTC
01 Dec 2020 15:32 Local
Exposed Population: Less than 100 people in MMI V
About 34000 people within 100km
Source: U NEV nn00787105
Inserted at: 02 Dec 2020 00:04 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
nn00787105 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
1345890 0 01 Dec 2020 23:32 5.2M, 10.2km 5.35 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:04 U NEV
1345900 0 01 Dec 2020 23:32 5.1M, 5km 5.34 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:32 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
<1000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1345890 38.174/-118.058 5.16 10.1900 5.35 01 Dec 2020 23:39 00:06 (new episode)
2 0 1345900 38.164/-118.084 5.10 5.0021 5.34 02 Dec 2020 02:34 03:01 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Nevada United States <1000 people
Nevada United States <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance

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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.