M 4.9 in Russian Federation on 27 Jul 2018 04:54 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 1151739
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 132.29 Km
Lat/Lon: 45.4663 , 147.9246
Event Date: 27 Jul 2018 04:54 UTC
27 Jul 2018 14:54 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2018 05:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000gexr Scaled population (vector) 3.9  
  C1 earthquake 0.74  
  C2 earthquake -0.13  
  Country Vulnerability -0.43  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 59 | About casualties: 48 | Last hour: 0

Russia shows off video of doomsday torpedo which could create 300ft ra ... Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:15:00 +0200.

Russia is now testing a terrifying ‘doomsday torpedo’ which could swamp coastal areas in a radioactive tsunami up to 300 feet high. The Poseidon system was initially thought to be a hoax – but the huge 65ft missile has just been shown off i
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Terrifying footage of people huddling in the sea to escape Gre...Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:20:00 +0200.

Terrifying footage shows the moment dozens of Greeks take refuge in the sea in a last ditch attempt to save themselves from blazing wildfires. Residents in Mati, east of Athens, were at the epicentre of the deadly fires with 91 people kille
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Terrifying footage of people huddling in the sea to escape Greece infe ... Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:28:00 +0200.

Frightened people can be seen embracing one another in the water as smoke fills the air around them. The fires trapped people in cars and on the edge of cliffs, while others were forced to jump off to survive, or rush into the sea from the
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Shocking footage shows people take to the sea to avoid deadly Greek wi ... Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:10:00 +0200.

Frightened people can be seen embracing one another in the water as smoke fills the air around them. The fires trapped people in cars and on the edge of cliffs, while others were forced to jump off to survive, or rush into the sea from the
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),