M 7.3 in Russian Federation on 20 Dec 2018 17:01 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: 7.3M
Depth: 16.56 Km
Lat/Lon: 55.0999 , 164.6993
Event Date: 20 Dec 2018 17:01 UTC
21 Dec 2018 04:01 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
About 600 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000ivfw
Inserted at: 20 Dec 2018 22:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.5 0.5
us2000ivfw Scaled population (vector) -0.05 Max wave alert 0.57m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.57m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.94      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1241842 0.3 20 Dec 2018 17:01 7.3M, 33km N/A Few people (in 100km) 0.3m (at 00:42) 00:10 PTWC
1241844 0.3 20 Dec 2018 17:01 7.3M, 33km N/A Few people (in 100km) 0.4m (at 00:28) 00:11 NTWC    
1241854 0.6 20 Dec 2018 17:01 7.4M, 9.59km 6.04 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.7m (at 01:06) 00:20 NEIC
1241901 0.5 20 Dec 2018 17:01 7.3M, 16.56km 6.92 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 0.6m (at 00:46) 05:25 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 , Region of Kamchatskaya oblast'.

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation -
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation -

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Nikol Skoye Russia 82 km
Nikolskoye Russia 90 km

More information

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