M 6.7 in Russian Federation on 13 Oct 2018 11:10 UTC

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
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.

Tsunami affected locations

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)

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Initial conditions

Title: ""262km NW of Ozernovskiy""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 52.861
  • Longitude: 153.379
  • Length: 35 km
  • Width: 9 km
  • Magnitude: 6.7 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: 1 m
  • Strike: 90 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 45 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: NaN km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 150.379, 49.861, 156.379, 55.861
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.5 minutes

Sea Level

More information

  • Timeline:
    Tsunami calculations performed to this case, click here

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