Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 01 Sep 2020 00:51 UTC

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M 5.5 in Russian Federation on 01 Sep 2020 00:51 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	58.7546 , 159.0051
Event Date:	01 Sep 2020 00:51 UTC 01 Sep 2020 12:51 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI V About 3000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000bfij
Inserted at:	02 Sep 2020 00:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000bfij	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.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1329518		0	01 Sep 2020 00:51	5.6M, 10km	5.3	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:40	NEIC
1329697		0	01 Sep 2020 00:51	5.5M, 10km	5.12	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		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 ,of Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1329518	58.727/158.97	5.6	10.0	5.326	01 Sep 2020 01:21	00:30	(new episode)
2	1329518	58.727/158.97	5.6	10.0	5.338	01 Sep 2020 01:31	00:40	(upd of #1)
3	1329518	58.727/158.97	5.6	10.0	5.338	01 Sep 2020 02:57	02:06	(upd of #2)
4	1329518	58.755/159.005	5.6	10.0	5.304	01 Sep 2020 03:30	02:38	(upd of #3)
5	1329697	58.755/159.005	5.5	10.0	5.119	01 Sep 2020 19:12	18:20	(new episode)
6	1329697	58.755/159.005	5.5	10.0	5.119	02 Sep 2020 00:57	1d 00:05	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

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

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ust Voyampolka	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	30 km
Kakhtana	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	41 km
Voyampolka-Osedlaya	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	42 km
Korn	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	44 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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