Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation from 25 Mar 2020 02:49 UTC to 02:49

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M 7.8 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.5 m) in Russian Federation from 25 Mar 2020 02:49 UTC to 02:49

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.8M
Depth:	59 Km
Lat/Lon:	49 , 157.7
Event Date:	25 Mar 2020 02:49 UTC 25 Mar 2020 13:49 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NTWC at00q7qai7
Inserted at:	25 Mar 2020 03:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NTWC	0		1.2		1.2
at00q7qai7	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	1.54m
	C1 earthquake	1	Max wave realtime	1.54m
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1302217	0.9	25 Mar 2020 02:49	7.8M, 58.8km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.9m (at 00:54)	00:11	PTWC
1302220	1.2	25 Mar 2020 02:49	7.8M, 59km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	1.5m (at 00:58)	00:14	NTWC
1302224	0.8	25 Mar 2020 02:49	7.5M, 56.65km	5.25	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.8m (at 00:58)	1d 00:05	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 Sakhalinskaya oblast' (population 731,237) .

Radius	Population
100 km	no 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
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	730000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	-

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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