M 6 in Russian Federation on 14 Nov 2018 21:21 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 1162273
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 58.67 Km
Lat/Lon: 55.5822 , 162.0447
Event Date: 14 Nov 2018 21:21 UTC
15 Nov 2018 09:21 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 2000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2018 21:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hrv1 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Latest media headlines

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6.5 quake rattles Russia's Kamchatka A strong earthquake with a magnit ... Fri, 16 Nov 2018 04:49:00 +0100.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 was registered near the coast of Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula, according to Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The quake occurred early Thu
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6.5 quake rattles Russia's KamchatkaThu, 15 Nov 2018 14:28:00 +0100.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 was registered near the coast of Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula, according to Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The quake occurred early Thu
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Strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hits RussiaThu, 15 Nov 2018 05:48:00 +0100.

A strong quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit near the Kamchatka peninsula coast on Thursday, the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. No damages reported. The epicentre was located in the Kamchatka Bay, Xinhua ne
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Fuerte terremoto de magnitud 6.5 sacude Rusia; descartan tsunamiThu, 15 Nov 2018 05:46:00 +0100.

Rusia.- Esta tarde se registró un potente terremoto de magnitud 6.5 frente a las costas de Kamchatka, en el Lejano Oriente ruso. Los primeros reportes de la oficina local del Servicio de Geofísica de la Academia de Ciencias de Rusia, indica
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),