M 5.6 in Russian Federation on 15 Mar 2017 22:19 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: 22.68 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.2211 , 179.0567
Event Date: 15 Mar 2017 22:19 UTC
15 Mar 2017 13:19 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20008sd8
Inserted at: 16 Mar 2017 16:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008sd8 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1160696 0 15 Mar 2017 22:19 5.4M, 1km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:07 NTWC    
1160699 0 15 Mar 2017 22:19 5.4M, 18.9km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:13 ALASKA EC
1160700 0 15 Mar 2017 22:19 5.3M, 30.92km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
1160812 0 15 Mar 2017 22:19 5.6M, 22.68km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 17:55 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1160812 51.221/179.057 5.6 22.68 0 16 Mar 2017 16:16 17:56 (new episode)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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