M 6.4 in United States on 15 May 2020 11:03 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: 6.4M
Depth: 7.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.1687 , -117.8785
Event Date: 15 May 2020 11:03 UTC
15 May 2020 04:03 Local
Exposed Population: About 16000 people within 100km
Source: U NEV nn00725272
Inserted at: 15 May 2020 11:09 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
nn00725272 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
1310441 0 15 May 2020 11:03 6.4M, 7.6km 5.05 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:05 U NEV
1310448 0 15 May 2020 11:03 5.8M, 1km 5.05 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:12 U NEV
1310450 0 15 May 2020 11:03 6.2M, 1km 5.48 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:28 U NEV
1310453 0 15 May 2020 11:03 6.4M, 4.1km 7.25 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 01:02 U NEV
1310476 0 15 May 2020 11:03 6.5M, 2.9km 8.32 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 3d 14:42 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. 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 1310441 38.169/-117.878 6.41 7.5500 5.05 15 May 2020 11:15 00:12 (new episode)
2 0 1310453 38.159/-117.876 6.37 4.0939 5.39 15 May 2020 11:40 00:37 (new episode)
3 0 1310453 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.253 15 May 2020 12:05 01:02 (upd of #2)
4 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.253 15 May 2020 12:25 01:22 (new episode)
5 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.413 15 May 2020 13:06 02:02 (upd of #4)
6 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.319 15 May 2020 13:19 02:16 (upd of #5)
7 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.319 15 May 2020 13:56 02:53 (upd of #6)
8 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.303 15 May 2020 14:26 03:23 (upd of #7)
9 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.347 15 May 2020 15:27 04:24 (upd of #8)
10 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.308 15 May 2020 16:06 05:03 (upd of #9)
11 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.294 15 May 2020 16:54 05:51 (upd of #10)
12 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.295 15 May 2020 18:19 07:16 (upd of #11)
13 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.308 15 May 2020 20:22 09:19 (upd of #12)
14 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.003 15 May 2020 21:36 10:32 (upd of #13)
15 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.003 15 May 2020 22:37 11:34 (upd of #14)
16 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.004 15 May 2020 22:59 11:55 (upd of #15)
17 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.007 16 May 2020 01:47 14:43 (upd of #16)
18 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.01 16 May 2020 03:24 16:21 (upd of #17)
19 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.01 16 May 2020 03:50 16:47 (upd of #18)
20 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.023 16 May 2020 11:17 1d 00:14 (upd of #19)
21 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.025 16 May 2020 21:24 1d 10:20 (upd of #20)
22 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 7.025 16 May 2020 21:46 1d 10:43 (upd of #21)
23 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.09 17 May 2020 01:26 1d 14:23 (upd of #22)
24 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.09 17 May 2020 10:58 1d 23:54 (upd of #23)
25 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.09 17 May 2020 23:00 2d 11:57 (upd of #24)
26 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.09 17 May 2020 23:20 2d 12:16 (upd of #25)
27 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.09 18 May 2020 02:52 2d 15:49 (upd of #26)
28 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.09 18 May 2020 03:11 2d 16:08 (upd of #27)
29 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.092 18 May 2020 05:06 2d 18:03 (upd of #28)
30 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.092 18 May 2020 05:54 2d 18:50 (upd of #29)
31 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.092 18 May 2020 08:08 2d 21:05 (upd of #30)
32 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.092 18 May 2020 08:27 2d 21:24 (upd of #31)
33 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.091 18 May 2020 18:52 3d 07:48 (upd of #32)
34 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.091 18 May 2020 19:19 3d 08:15 (upd of #33)
35 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.091 18 May 2020 21:40 3d 10:36 (upd of #34)
36 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.091 18 May 2020 21:55 3d 10:52 (upd of #35)
37 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.091 19 May 2020 01:45 3d 14:42 (upd of #36)
38 0 1310476 38.162/-117.863 6.5 10.0 8.324 19 May 2020 02:00 3d 14:57 (upd of #37)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Nevada United States no people
Nevada United States <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Coaldale Nevada United States Village - 15 km
Gilbert Nevada United States Village - 16 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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