M 4.9 in Russian Federation on 24 Feb 2021 22:26 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: 137.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.8906 , 147.2381
Event Date: 24 Feb 2021 22:26 UTC
25 Feb 2021 08:26 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000ddfu
Inserted at: 24 Feb 2021 22:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ddfu 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
1360446 0 24 Feb 2021 22:26 4.9M, 137.3km N/A 5 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 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 Sanjibotsu, Odesskiy, Tayëzhnyy, Lesozavodskiy, Dobroye, Nov', Selivanovka, Iodnyy, Mysovaya, Mataruzaru, and Yanketo.

Radius Population
100 km 5400 people
75 km 3200 people
50 km 2700 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
Sanjibotsu Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 8 km
Odesskiy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 10 km
Tayëzhnyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 11 km
Lesozavodskiy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 14 km
Dobroye Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 19 km
Nov' Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 21 km
Selivanovka Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 21 km
Iodnyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 21 km
Mysovaya Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 23 km
Mataruzaru Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 25 km
Otlivnyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 26 km
Osenniy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 28 km
Chikkaporo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 28 km
Mammae Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 31 km
Zolotoy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 32 km
Okeanskiy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 32 km
Rokko Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 37 km
Kasatka Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 42 km
Kuybyshevo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 43 km
Seseki Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 44 km
Berëzovka Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 46 km
Riyaushi Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 47 km
Sernozavodskiy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 54 km
Rybaki Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 60 km
Kurilsk Sakhalinskaya Russia Village 2200 people 64 km
Kitovyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 66 km
Yanketo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 68 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
Burvestnik 24 0 30 km
Sopochnyy Southwest 21 0 94 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kurilsk Russia 63 km

More information

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