Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 12 Dec 2016 02:31 UTC

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M 4.6 in Russian Federation on 12 Dec 2016 02:31 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:	4.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	53.7477 , 125.6057
Event Date:	12 Dec 2016 02:31 UTC 12 Dec 2016 11:31 Local
Exposed Population:	About 19324 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008034
Inserted at:	12 Dec 2016 03:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20008034	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
1150238		0	12 Dec 2016 02:31	4.6M, 10km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:36	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 Amurskaya oblast' (population 1,093,266) . The nearest places are Unyr', Gonza, Gudachi, Mineral'nyy, Slovyanskiy, Kazanski, Irmakit, Magdagachi, Aleksandrovskiy, Chapovskiy, and Kommunar.

Radius	Population
100 km	19000 people
75 km	9600 people
50 km	8200 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Amurskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Unyr'	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	24 km
Gonza	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	24 km
Gudachi	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	25 km
Mineral'nyy	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	26 km
Slovyanskiy	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	27 km
Kazanski	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	27 km
Irmakit	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	33 km
Magdagachi	Amurskaya	Russia	City	12000 people	36 km
Aleksandrovskiy	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	40 km
Chapovskiy	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	41 km
Prigorodnoye Khoz	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	42 km
Dalëkiy	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	44 km
Krasnaya Pad'	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	44 km
Terrasnyy	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	47 km
Taldan	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	3400 people	52 km
Aprelskiy	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	53 km
Ada	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Tymarsol'	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Evody	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	56 km
Daktuy	Amurskaya	Russia	City	-	59 km
Sosnovka	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	63 km
Lagunay	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	64 km
Pioner	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	64 km
Sulus	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	66 km
Talbuzino	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	69 km
Kommunar	Amurskaya	Russia	Village	-	70 km

see full list

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
Magdagachi	GDG	369				0	33 km
Beketovo		229				0	69 km

More information

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