M 4.6 in Russian Federation on 27 Aug 2016 19:44 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: 15.17 Km
Lat/Lon: 50.4171 , 142.5327
Event Date: 27 Aug 2016 19:44 UTC
28 Aug 2016 06:44 Local
Exposed Population:
About 38048 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20006umf
Inserted at: 27 Aug 2016 23:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006umf 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
1138076 0 27 Aug 2016 19:44 4.6M, 15.17km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 03:24 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 , Region of Sakhalinskaya oblast' (population 731,237) . The nearest places are Daldagan, Dobrotvorskoye, Porechye, Izvestkovaya, Severnaya Khandasa, Valza, Makeyevo, Kazakevichi, Palevo, and Verkhneye Agnevo.

Radius Population
100 km 38000 people
75 km 27000 people
50 km 11000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Daldagan Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 7 km
Dobrotvorskoye Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 11 km
Porechye Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 13 km
Izvestkovaya Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 16 km
Severnaya Khandasa Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 18 km
Valza Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 19 km
Makeyevo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 21 km
Kazakevichi Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 23 km
Palevo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 25 km
Verkhneye Agnevo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 26 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
Onor 210 0 29 km
Kirovskoye South 149 0 33 km
Pervomaysk 168 0 73 km
73 0 79 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Komsomolskiy Russia 29 km
Ust Agnevo Russia 38 km
Oktyabrskiy Russia 47 km
Pilevo Russia 54 km
Makarevskiy Russia 55 km
Aleksandrovsk Russia 61 km
Arkovo Bereg Russia 66 km

More information

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