M 4.5 in Eastern Siberia, Russia on 26 Oct 2020 08:43 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: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 60.9492 , 165.4269
Event Date: 26 Oct 2020 08:43 UTC
26 Oct 2020 20:43 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000cd8c
Inserted at: 26 Oct 2020 09:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000cd8c Scaled population (vector) 2.78  
  C1 earthquake 0.74  
  C2 earthquake -0.13  
  Country Vulnerability -0.43  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1339725 0 26 Oct 2020 08:43 4.5M, 10km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Russian Federation , District of Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug. The nearest places are Vetvey, Av'yavaam, Tilichiki, and Korfovskiy.

Radius Population
100 km 1500 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation -

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Vetvey Koryakskiy Russia Village - 44 km
Av'yavaam Koryakskiy Russia Village - 52 km
Tilichiki Koryakskiy Russia Village 1900 people 68 km
Korfovskiy Koryakskiy Russia Village - 70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Korf 3 0 71 km
Khailino unknown 0 77 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Tilichiki Russia 40 km

More information

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