Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 15 Mar 2017 15:17 UTC

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M 4.9 in Russian Federation on 15 Mar 2017 15:17 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:	4.9M
Depth:	16.55 Km
Lat/Lon:	60.926 , 165.5867
Event Date:	15 Mar 2017 15:17 UTC 16 Mar 2017 03:17 Local
Exposed Population:	About 600 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008s9z
Inserted at:	15 Mar 2017 22:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20008s9z	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1160695		0	15 Mar 2017 15:17	4.9M, 16.55km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)		06:51	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, Av'yavaam, Tilichiki, Kultushino, Korfovskiy, Korfovskiy Kombinat, and Korf.

Radius	Population
100 km	<1000 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no 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	-	35 km
Av'yavaam	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	45 km
Tilichiki	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	1900 people	61 km
Kultushino	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	63 km
Korfovskiy	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	64 km
Korfovskiy Kombinat	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	68 km
Korf	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
Korf		3				0	65 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tilichiki		Russia	34 km

More information

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