Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 06 Jan 2022 00:28 UTC

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M 4.75 in United States on 06 Jan 2022 00:28 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:	4.8M
Depth:	11.41 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.3274994 , -117.9014969
Event Date:	06 Jan 2022 00:28 UTC 05 Jan 2022 16:28 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI V 20 thousand in 100km
Source:	NCAL SS nc73674211
Inserted at:	06 Jan 2022 02:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NCAL SS	0		0
nc73674211	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

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1419688	06 Jan 2022 00:28	5.19M, 11.41km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:05	NCAL SS
1419689	06 Jan 2022 00:28	4.76M, 11.41km	5.22	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:06	NCAL SS
1419711	06 Jan 2022 00:28	4.75M, 11.41km	5.38	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	01:44	NCAL SS

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 California. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1419689	37.328/-117.902	5.0	11.4	5.357	06 Jan 2022 00:35	00:07	(new episode)
2	1419689	37.328/-117.902	4.8	11.4	5.14	06 Jan 2022 00:38	00:10	(upd of #1)
3	1419689	37.328/-117.902	4.8	11.4	5.132	06 Jan 2022 00:46	00:18	(upd of #2)
4	1419689	37.328/-117.902	4.8	11.4	5.14	06 Jan 2022 00:48	00:20	(upd of #3)
5	1419711	37.328/-117.902	4.8	11.4	5.218	06 Jan 2022 01:33	01:04	(new episode)
6	1419711	37.328/-117.902	4.8	11.4	5.244	06 Jan 2022 02:15	01:46	(upd of #5)
7	1419711	37.334/-117.902	4.8	9.5	5.384	06 Jan 2022 03:59	03:30	(upd of #6)
8	1419711	37.334/-117.902	4.8	9.5	5.384	06 Jan 2022 12:32	12:04	(upd of #7)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
California	United States	no people
California	United States	13000 people
Nevada	United States	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Deep Springs	California	United States	Village	-	9 km
Oasis	California	United States	Village	-	18 km
Laws	California	United States	Village	-	40 km
Bishop	California	United States	Village	3600 people	45 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
	Dyer		1493				0	33 km
	Bishop	BIH	1256	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7400	41 km

More information

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