Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 29 Mar 2017 04:09 UTC

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M 6.6 in Russian Federation on 29 Mar 2017 04:09 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:	6.6M
Depth:	22.83 Km
Lat/Lon:	56.9205 , 162.734
Event Date:	29 Mar 2017 04:09 UTC 29 Mar 2017 16:09 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VII About 1000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008vhl
Inserted at:	29 Mar 2017 04:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		1
us20008vhl	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	1	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1162079	1	29 Mar 2017 04:09	6.9M, 10km	N/A	2 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:11	PTWC
1162083	1	29 Mar 2017 04:09	6.9M, 10km	N/A	2 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:14	NTWC
1162085	1	29 Mar 2017 04:09	6.6M, 22.83km	6.55	191 (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:17	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 286) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	<1000 people
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1162085	56.92/162.734	6.6	22.83	6.55	29 Mar 2017 04:28	00:18	(new episode)
2	1162085	56.92/162.734	6.6	22.83	6.55	29 Mar 2017 06:13	02:03	(upd of #1)
3	1162085	56.92/162.734	6.6	22.83	6.55	29 Mar 2017 19:13	15:04	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	7800 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kultuk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Tonkiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	68 km
Krutoberegovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	73 km
Verkhne-Ozërnaya	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	76 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	78 km
Ust-kamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	4900 people	79 km
Nizhnekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	86 km
Obukhovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	94 km
Kamaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	104 km
Yelovka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	106 km
Uka	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	109 km
Yelovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	110 km
Shubertovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	118 km
Ukinskiy	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	118 km
Klyuchi	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	6500 people	134 km
Kresty	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	158 km
Rusakovo	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	160 km
Krasny Yar	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	162 km
Mayskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	177 km
Ushki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	186 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Ust Kamchatsk-Krutoberegovo	12	76 km
	91	77 km
Ust Kamchatsk	5	77 km
Yelovka North	152	85 km
Yelovka	244	86 km
Torbusha	unknown	93 km
Uka	3	120 km
Klyuchi Southeast	32	128 km
Klyuchi	66	136 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Ust Kamchatsk	Russia	81 km
Uka	Russia	103 km
Bukhta Kryugera	Russia	110 km

More information

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