M 4.6 in Russian Federation on 29 May 2017 00:28 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: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.0139 , 160.0705
Event Date: 29 May 2017 00:28 UTC
29 May 2017 12:28 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008vyt
Inserted at: 29 May 2017 03:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008vyt 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1169280 0 29 May 2017 00:28 4.7M, 35km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
1169291 0 29 May 2017 00:28 4.6M, 35km N/A 1 thousand (in 100km) 03:10 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 Kamchatskaya oblast'. The nearest places are Boza, Ostrovnoye, Ostrovnaya, and Staryy Ostrogo.

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation -
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation -

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Boza Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 39 km
Ostrovnoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 60 km
Ostrovnaya Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 60 km
Staryy Ostrogo Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 64 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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