M 5.7 Off-shore from 27 Mar 2024 03:23 UTC to 03:23

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.3072 , -126.5931
Event Date: 27 Mar 2024 03:23 UTC
26 Mar 2024 19:23 Local
Exposed Population:
Source: NEIC us7000m875
Inserted at: 27 Mar 2024 03:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000m875 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1561335 0 27 Mar 2024 03:23 5.8M, 15km 6.27 No people affected (in 100km) 00:10 NTWC
1561336 0 27 Mar 2024 03:23 5.7M, 10km 3.72 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:09 NEIC
1562267 0 27 Mar 2024 03:23 5.6M, 10km 6.2 No people affected (in 100km) 4d 20:59 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 Oregon (population 2,958,009) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1561336 -126.593/42.307 5.7 10 3.596 27 Mar 2024 03:35 00:12 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Oregon United States no people
Oregon United States 17000 people
California United States no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Brookings Oregon United States Village 5400 people 193 km
Bandon Oregon United States Village 2800 people 201 km
Riverton Oregon United States Village - 212 km
Charleston Oregon United States Village - 218 km
Coos Bay Oregon United States City 15000 people 228 km
North Bend Oregon United States Village 9500 people 228 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
Gold Beach Municipal GOL 5 0 179 km
Cape Blanco State 65 0 180 km
Brookings State BOK 140 0 192 km
Bandon State BDY 36 0 199 km
Norway 7 0 218 km
North Bend Municipal OTH 4 Civ. Paved Yes 5300 228 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Bandon Wake Island 200 km
Port Orford Wake Island 178 km
Cape Blanco Wake Island 178 km
Brookings Wake Island 194 km
Prosper Wake Island 204 km
Empire Wake Island 225 km
Coos Bay USCOB Wake Island 228 km
North Bend USOTH Wake Island 230 km

More information

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