M 4.9 in Russian Federation on 14 Feb 2019 07:18 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: 65.45 Km
Lat/Lon: 45.7308 , 150.3142
Event Date: 14 Feb 2019 07:18 UTC
14 Feb 2019 17:18 Local
Exposed Population:
About 300 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000jhsr
Inserted at: 14 Feb 2019 07:36 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
us2000jhsr Scaled population (vector) 2.45  
  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
1248778 0 14 Feb 2019 07:18 4.9M, 65.45km N/A Few people (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 Aleutka, Podgornyy, Ryabinovka, Kompaneysk, and Kastrikum.

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
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Aleutka Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 27 km
Podgornyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 41 km
Ryabinovka Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 47 km
Kompaneysk Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 50 km
Kastrikum Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 54 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
Urup 35 0 55 km

More information

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