M 4.6 in Russian Federation on 27 Apr 2014 01:42 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: 4.6M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.09 , 45.86
Event Date: 27 Apr 2014 01:42 UTC
27 Apr 2014 05:42 Local
Exposed Population:
2421264 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=374850
Inserted at: 27 Apr 2014 07:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=374850 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
1048189 0 27 Apr 2014 01:42 4.6M, 10km N/A 2.3 million (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
1048190 0 27 Apr 2014 01:42 4.6M, 2km N/A 2.1 million (in 100km) 00:23 EMSC
1048197 0 27 Apr 2014 01:42 4.6M, 2km N/A 2.1 million (in 100km) 02:05 EMSC
1048216 0 27 Apr 2014 01:42 4.6M, 2km N/A 2.4 million (in 100km) 05:41 EMSC
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 Chechenskaya Respublika. The nearest places are Grozny, and Agashty.

Radius Population
100 km 2.3 million people
75 km 1.4 million people
50 km 890000 people
20 km 130000 people
10 km 18000 people
5 km 2700 people
2 km 1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Chechenskaya Respublika Russian Federation -

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Agashty Chechnya Russia Village - 2 km
Grozny Chechnya Russia Major city - 35 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
Groznyy-Goyty East 213 23 km
Groznyy East 137 32 km
Petropavlovskaya 128 39 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Chiryurt Sulak 1961 80 km
Chirkey Sulak 1978 81 km

More information

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