Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 21 Jun 2015 14:31 UTC

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M 4.5 in Russian Federation on 21 Jun 2015 14:31 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:	10.18 Km
Lat/Lon:	53.5056 , 109.1328
Event Date:	21 Jun 2015 14:31 UTC 21 Jun 2015 22:31 Local
Exposed Population:	About 35110 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	21 Jun 2015 18:59 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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1085369		0	21 Jun 2015 14:31	4.5M, 10.18km	N/A	40 thousand (in 100km)		04:28	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 Bashakhovskaya.

Radius	Population
100 km	35000 people
75 km	21000 people
50 km	15000 people
20 km	6300 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
Bashakhovskaya	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	6 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Ust Barguzin	488	14 km
Barguzin	457	33 km
Barguzin Southeast	unknown	39 km

More information

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