M 6.3 in Russian Federation on 09 Jan 2020 08:38 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: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 62.3408 , 171.0597
Event Date: 09 Jan 2020 08:38 UTC
09 Jan 2020 20:38 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
About 100 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70006wuf
Inserted at: 09 Jan 2020 10:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006wuf Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1289551 0 09 Jan 2020 08:38 6.3M, 10km 7.42 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 NEIC
1289564 0 09 Jan 2020 08:38 6.3M, 10km 7.36 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:05 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 ,of Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
<1000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1289551 62.421/171.119 6.3 10.0 7.425 09 Jan 2020 09:00 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1289564 62.421/171.119 6.3 10.0 7.425 09 Jan 2020 10:46 02:08 (new episode)
3 0 1289564 62.341/171.06 6.3 10.0 7.356 09 Jan 2020 10:59 02:21 (upd of #2)
4 0 1289564 62.341/171.06 6.3 10.0 7.356 10 Jan 2020 08:48 1d 00:10 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people
Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation <1000 people
Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation <1000 people
Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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