Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 03 Feb 2016 18:27 UTC

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M 4.5 in Russian Federation on 03 Feb 2016 18:27 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 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.8634 , 107.643
Event Date:	03 Feb 2016 18:27 UTC 04 Feb 2016 02:27 Local
Exposed Population:	About 45294 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	03 Feb 2016 20:48 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
1118393		0	03 Feb 2016 18:27	4.5M, 10km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)		02:20	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 Tolonki, Malyy Khuzhir, Okhotika, Khuzhir, Istok-Kotokel', Banya, Turka, Khuzhirtuy, Khaim, Khalagay, and Yelga.

Radius	Population
100 km	45000 people
75 km	21000 people
50 km	9700 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Respublika Buryatiya	Russian Federation	1.1 million people
Irkutskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tolonki	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	18 km
Gremyachaya	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	23 km
Banya	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	31 km
Cheremshanskoye	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	34 km
Istok-Kotokel'	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	40 km
Turka	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	1500 people	40 km
Malyy Khuzhir	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	41 km
Khuzhirtuy	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	41 km
Khuzhir	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	1100 people	42 km
Khaim	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	42 km
Okhotika	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	43 km
Khalagay	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	44 km
Yelga	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	44 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
Khuzhir / Kharantsy		488					42 km
Goryachinsk		488					48 km

More information

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