M 7.5 in Russian Federation on 25 Mar 2020 02:49 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: 7.5M
Depth: 56.65 Km
Lat/Lon: 48.9864 , 157.6933
Event Date: 25 Mar 2020 02:49 UTC
25 Mar 2020 13:49 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people in MMI
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70008fi4
Inserted at: 26 Mar 2020 02:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.8 0.8
us70008fi4 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0.83m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.83m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1302217 0.9 25 Mar 2020 02:49 7.8M, 58.8km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.9m (at 00:54) 00:11 PTWC
1302220 1.2 25 Mar 2020 02:49 7.8M, 59km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 1.5m (at 00:58) 00:14 NTWC
1302224 0.8 25 Mar 2020 02:49 7.5M, 56.65km 5.25 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.8m (at 00:58) 1d 00:05 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) .

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
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation -

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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