Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 22 Nov 2016 11:37 UTC

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M 4.9 in Russian Federation on 22 Nov 2016 11:37 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:	4.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	55.8611 , 114.1065
Event Date:	22 Nov 2016 11:37 UTC 22 Nov 2016 19:37 Local
Exposed Population:	About 4928 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007be9
Inserted at:	22 Nov 2016 12:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007be9	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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1147824		0	22 Nov 2016 11:37	4.9M, 10km	N/A	5 thousand (in 100km)		00:35	NEIC

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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 , Republic of Respublika Buryatiya (population 1,075,831) . The nearest places are Uyu, Mikhaylovka, Kadali, Dzhunok, Severomuysk, Uakit, Mikhailovski, Ust'-Gorbylok, Nadezhdinskiy, Amatkan, and Busani.

Radius	Population
100 km	4900 people
75 km	2500 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Respublika Buryatiya	Russian Federation	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Uyu	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	39 km
Mikhaylovka	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	40 km
Kadali	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	44 km
Dzhunok	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	44 km
Severomuysk	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	4000 people	47 km
Uakit	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	50 km
Mikhailovski	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	51 km
Ust'-Gorbylok	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Nadezhdinskiy	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Amatkan	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	57 km
Nadezhdinski	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	59 km
Kutugunda	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	62 km
Frantsevskiy	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	62 km
Tonnel'nyy	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	65 km
Ulan-Makit	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	65 km
Busani	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	66 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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