M 5.7 in Russian Federation on 07 Jan 2018 02:24 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: 5.7M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 55.0703 , 165.7061
Event Date: 07 Jan 2018 02:24 UTC
07 Jan 2018 14:24 Local
Exposed Population: About 600 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000c1lw
Inserted at: 07 Jan 2018 02:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000c1lw Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1193399 0 07 Jan 2018 02:24 5.7M, 35km 4.12 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 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 ,of Kamchatskaya oblast' (population 383) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1193399 55.07/165.706 5.7 35 4.98 07 Jan 2018 02:45 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1193399 55.07/165.706 5.7 35 4.98 07 Jan 2018 04:26 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1193399 55.073/165.726 5.1 38.6 4.12 09 Jan 2018 20:21 2d 17:57 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Nikolskoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village <1000 people 22 km
Severnoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 36 km
Sarannove Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 38 km
Preobrazhenskoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 125 km
Krutoberegovo Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 230 km
Tonkiy Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 231 km
Kultuk Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 232 km
Ust-kamchatsk Kamchatskaya Russia Village 4900 people 241 km
Nikolayevka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 254 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Ust Kamchatsk-Krutoberegovo 12 0 230 km
Ust Kamchatsk 5 0 240 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Nikol Skoye Russia 21 km
Nikolskoye Russia 26 km
Myedhi Island Russia 130 km
Ust Kamchatsk Russia 243 km

More information

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