M 6.1 in Russian Federation on 24 Jun 2012 03:15 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 117726
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 17.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 57.6006 , 163.218
Event Date: 24 Jun 2012 03:15 UTC
24 Jun 2012 15:15 Local
Exposed Population:
About 147 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jun 2012 03:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb000apgd Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Tsunami risk to Northern Calif. assessed 6/28/2012 3:15:00 AM.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 27 (UPI) -- Researchers in California say they've compiled the first study of the potential for destructive tsunamis on the northwest coast of the state.
ISTANBUL VE MARMARA'DA YASAYANLARA BÜYÜK MÜJDE 6/28/2012 3:03:00 AM.

Kandilli Rasathanesi'nden iki iyi haber. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdik, Marmara'da Japonya'daki gibi büyük bir deprem olamayacagi müjdesini verdi. Ikinci müjde ise erken uyari sistemlerinin depremi 10 saniye önce haber verecegi. Bogaziçi Üniversi
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Istanbul to renew earthquake system 6/28/2012 2:57:00 AM.

Istanbul Special Provincial Administration is renewing its ‘Earthquake Emergency Response’ and ‘Early ...
National › Seismologists warn gov't against restarting nuclear reactor.. 6/28/2012 2:50:00 AM.

Two prominent seismologists say that Japan is ignoring the safety lessons of last year's Fukushima crisis and warned against restarting two reactors next month. The government has approved the restart of the two reactors at the Kansai Elect
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),