M 4.9 in Russian Federation on 27 Jul 2018 04:54 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: 132.29 Km
Lat/Lon: 45.4663 , 147.9246
Event Date: 27 Jul 2018 04:54 UTC
27 Jul 2018 14:54 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000gexr
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2018 05:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000gexr Scaled population (vector) 3.9  
  C1 earthquake 0.74  
  C2 earthquake -0.13  
  Country Vulnerability -0.43  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1221461 0 27 Jul 2018 04:54 4.9M, 132.29km N/A 6 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 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 Matoiso, Chippuporo, Shamambe, Yanketo, Reydovo, Kitovyy, Kurilsk, Rokubanchi, Rybaki, Parusnoye, and Astaurova.

Radius Population
100 km 5500 people
75 km 5000 people
50 km 3000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km <1000 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
Matoiso Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 7 km
Chippuporo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 13 km
Shamambe Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 16 km
Yanketo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 20 km
Reydovo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 24 km
Kitovyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 24 km
Kurilsk Sakhalinskaya Russia Village 2200 people 27 km
Rokubanchi Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 27 km
Rybaki Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 30 km
Parusnoye Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 40 km
Higashirucharu Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 42 km
Sopochnyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 44 km
Kuybyshevo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 45 km
Sokitani Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 46 km
Seseki Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 49 km
Sentyabrskiy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village 3100 people 51 km
Zolotoy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 53 km
Kasatka Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 53 km
Slavnoye Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 55 km
Sernozavodskiy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 55 km
Osenniy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 58 km
Astaurova Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 62 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
Sopochnyy Southwest 21 0 39 km
Burvestnik 24 0 65 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kurilsk Russia 26 km

More information

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