Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 29 Sep 2013 09:04 UTC

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M 4.5 in Russian Federation on 29 Sep 2013 09:04 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:	4.5M
Depth:	18.68 Km
Lat/Lon:	55.88 , 110.06
Event Date:	29 Sep 2013 09:04 UTC 29 Sep 2013 18:04 Local
Exposed Population:	About 26431 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Oct 2013 12:58 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1013391	29 Sep 2013 09:04	4.5M, 19km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:27	EMSC
1013393	29 Sep 2013 09:04	4.5M, 30km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:30	EMSC
1013399	29 Sep 2013 09:04	4.5M, 10km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	01:09	EMSC
1013470	29 Sep 2013 09:04	4.5M, 10km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	09:18	EMSC
1013922	29 Sep 2013 09:04	4.5M, 18.68km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	2d 03:54	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 Russian Federation , Republic of Respublika Buryatiya (population 1,075,831) . The nearest places are and Tipuki.

Radius	Population
100 km	26000 people
75 km	6600 people
50 km	3900 people
20 km	2000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Respublika Buryatiya	Russian Federation	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tipuki	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	2 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
Verkhnyaya Zaimka		479					7 km
Nizheangarsk		485					33 km

More information

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