Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 08 May 2017 15:31 UTC

EQ parameters

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:	5.7M
Depth:	17 Km
Lat/Lon:	51.095 , -177.1899
Event Date:	08 May 2017 15:31 UTC 08 May 2017 03:31 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008qgx
Inserted at:	08 May 2017 16:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10008qgx	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	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1166990	08 May 2017 15:31	5.2M, 23km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:04	NTWC
1166993	08 May 2017 15:31	5.5M, 41.1km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:13	ALASKA EC
1166994	08 May 2017 15:31	5.6M, 48.46km	3.89	Few people (in 100km)	00:19	NEIC
1167004	08 May 2017 15:31	5.7M, 17km	3.88	Few people (in 100km)	01:01	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 Irkutskaya oblast'.

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Respublika Tyva	Russian Federation	320000 people

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
Torgalyg		1250				0	5909 km
Khandagayty		1250				0	5949 km

More information

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