M 5.6 in Russian Federation on 15 Oct 2012 01:19 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: 5.6M
Depth: 21.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.9121 , 159.446
Event Date: 15 Oct 2012 01:19 UTC
15 Oct 2012 12:19 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000d5u4
Inserted at: 15 Oct 2012 02:02 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb000d5u4 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
120223 0 15 Oct 2012 01:19 5.4M, 11.3km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
120224 0 15 Oct 2012 01:19 5.6M, 21.8km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:43 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'.

Radius Population
100 km no 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
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation -
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation -

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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