Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 17 Jul 2017 23:34 UTC

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M 7.7 in Russian Federation on 17 Jul 2017 23:34 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:	7.7M
Depth:	11.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	54.4656 , 168.8218
Event Date:	17 Jul 2017 23:34 UTC 18 Jul 2017 10:34 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20009x42
Inserted at:	18 Jul 2017 00:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.9		0.9
us20009x42	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	1	Max wave realtime	0.9m
	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
1174140	1	17 Jul 2017 23:34	7.2M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:58)	00:09	GEOFON
1174141	1	17 Jul 2017 23:34	7.4M, 48km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.2m (at 01:18)	00:09	NTWC
1174144	1	17 Jul 2017 23:34	7.4M, 48.3km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.2m (at 01:18)	00:12	PTWC
1174150	1	17 Jul 2017 23:34	7.4M, 10km	6.55	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.3m (at 00:56)	00:22	NEIC
1174161	0.9	17 Jul 2017 23:34	7.7M, 11.7km	7.03	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.9m (at 00:54)	00:47	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'. The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people
	no people
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1174150	54.467/168.859	7.4	10	6.55	17 Jul 2017 23:59	00:25	(new episode)
2	1174161	54.466/168.822	7.7	11.7	6.99	18 Jul 2017 00:24	00:50	(new episode)
3	1174161	54.466/168.822	7.7	11.7	6.99	18 Jul 2017 01:37	02:03	(upd of #2)
4	1174161	54.472/168.815	7.7	10.99	7.03	18 Jul 2017 04:36	05:02	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	no people
	Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity	Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
	Preobrazhenskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	87 km
	Nikolskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	<1000 people	201 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Myedhi Island	Russia	81 km
Nikolskoye	Russia	186 km
Nikol Skoye	Russia	200 km

More information

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