M 4.8 in United States on 29 May 2013 14:38 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: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.4125 , -119.926
Event Date: 29 May 2013 14:38 UTC
29 May 2013 07:38 Local
Exposed Population:
1074657 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 03 Jun 2013 16:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1000047 0.1 29 May 2013 14:38 4.8M, 8km N/A 1.1 million (in 100km) 5d 01:43 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 , State of California (population 30,971,320) . The nearest places are Los Angeles, Naples, and Coromar.

Radius Population
100 km 1.1 million people
75 km 670000 people
50 km 230000 people
20 km 130000 people
10 km 53000 people
5 km 8300 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
California United States 31 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Naples California United States Village - 4 km
Coromar California United States Village - 6 km
Los Angeles California United States Major city 3.7 million people 161 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Elwood Onshore Facility 5 2 km
Santa Barbara Municipal SBA 3 Civ. Paved Yes 6000 8 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Ellwood Wake Island 2 km
Santa Barbara USSBA Wake Island 23 km
Gavopta Wake Island 27 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Lake Cachuma Bradbury Santa Ynez River 1953 20 km

More information

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