M 4.8 in Ukraine on 07 Aug 2016 08:15 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: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 47.085 , 37.5175
Event Date: 07 Aug 2016 08:15 UTC
07 Aug 2016 11:15 Local
Exposed Population:
1248589 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10006bxe
Inserted at: 07 Aug 2016 08:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006bxe 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
1135993 0 07 Aug 2016 08:15 4.6M, 10km N/A 2.5 million (in 100km) 00:18 EMSC
1135996 0 07 Aug 2016 08:15 4.8M, 10km N/A 1.2 million (in 100km) 00:32 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 Ukraine , Region of Donetsk (population 5,475,559) . The nearest places are Pryvil'ne, Kremenivka, Kasianivka, Novooleksiivka, Kal'chyk, Zoria, Kliuchove, Kyrylivka, Shevchenko, and Kalinine.

Radius Population
100 km 2.5 million people
75 km 1.1 million people
50 km 710000 people
20 km 33000 people
10 km 4500 people
5 km 1400 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Donetsk Ukraine 5.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pryvil'ne Donetsk Ukraine Village - 3 km
Kremenivka Donetsk Ukraine Village - 4 km
Kasianivka Donetsk Ukraine Village - 6 km
Novooleksiivka Donetsk Ukraine Village - 7 km
Kal'chyk Donetsk Ukraine Village - 8 km
Zoria Donetsk Ukraine Village - 9 km
Kliuchove Donetsk Ukraine Village - 10 km
Kyrylivka Donetsk Ukraine Village - 12 km
Shevchenko Donetsk Ukraine Village - 12 km
Kalinine Donetsk Ukraine Village - 13 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
Mariupol MPW 72 0 31 km
221 0 35 km
241 0 63 km
Donetsk DOK 230 Civ. Paved Yes 8200 82 km
unknown 0 84 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Mariupol Ukraine 30 km
Dolzhanskaya Russia 82 km

More information

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