M 6.7 in Russian Federation on 13 Oct 2018 11:10 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: 6.7M
Depth: 470.06 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.8611 , 153.3787
Event Date: 13 Oct 2018 11:10 UTC
13 Oct 2018 21:10 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000hbkz
Inserted at: 13 Oct 2018 11:30 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 0
us1000hbkz Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  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
1231560 0 13 Oct 2018 11:10 6.7M, 396.8km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:10 PTWC
1231561 0 13 Oct 2018 11:10 6.7M, 467km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:11 NTWC    
1231562 0 13 Oct 2018 11:10 6.7M, 470.06km 3.04 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 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 ,of Kamchatskaya oblast' (population 1,781) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1231562 52.861/153.379 6.7 470.06 3.04 13 Oct 2018 11:30 00:20 (new episode)
2 0 1231562 52.861/153.379 6.7 470.06 3.04 13 Oct 2018 13:13 02:03 (upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation 1800 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Sokoch Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 291 km
Grotava Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 293 km
Saushkino Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 310 km
Savushkino Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 313 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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