Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 08 Mar 2016 18:18 UTC

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M 5.2 in Russian Federation on 08 Mar 2016 18:18 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:	5.2M
Depth:	30.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	60.9047 , 165.617
Event Date:	08 Mar 2016 18:18 UTC 09 Mar 2016 06:18 Local
Exposed Population:	About 2865 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	09 Mar 2016 14:48 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
1121729		0	08 Mar 2016 18:18	5.2M, 17.78km	N/A	3 thousand (in 100km)		00:23	NEIC
1121789		0	08 Mar 2016 18:18	5.2M, 30.8km	N/A	3 thousand (in 100km)		20:29	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 , District of Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug. The nearest places are Vetvey, Khailine, Tilichiki, Av'yavaam, Korfovskiy, Kultushino, Korf, Kultushnoe, and Korfovskiy Kombinat.

Radius	Population
100 km	2800 people
75 km	1300 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Vetvey	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	32 km
Av'yavaam	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	43 km
Tilichiki	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	1900 people	60 km
Kultushino	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	61 km
Korfovskiy	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	64 km
Khailine	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	66 km
Kultushnoe	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	67 km
Korf	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	69 km
Korfovskiy Kombinat	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	69 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
Khailino		unknown					63 km
Korf		3					65 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tilichiki		Russia	29 km

More information

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