Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 30 Sep 2024 12:21 UTC

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M 5.9 in Russian Federation on 30 Sep 2024 12:21 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.9M
Depth:	33.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	53.0072 , 159.9793
Event Date:	30 Sep 2024 12:21 UTC 01 Oct 2024 00:21 Local
Exposed Population:	200 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Source:	NEIC us7000nh82
Inserted at:	30 Sep 2024 12:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000nh82	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1595832		0	30 Sep 2024 12:21	5.9M, 33.3km	4.87	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:17	NEIC
1595837		0	30 Sep 2024 12:21	5.9M, 31.5km	4.48	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		01:02	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' (population 5) . The nearest places are Boza, Ostrovnoye, Ostrovnaya, Staryy Ostrogo, Nalacheva, Bol'shaya Kalygir', Ust-Kotelnoye, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.

Radius	Population
100 km	190000 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
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Boza	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	20 km
Ostrovnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	38 km
Ostrovnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	38 km
Staryy Ostrogo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	42 km
Nalacheva	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	48 km
Bol'shaya Kalygir'	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	55 km
Ust-Kotelnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	61 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Major city	180000 people	90 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
Ozero Khalaktyrka		38				0	84 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky		Russia	90 km
Novaya Tarya		Russia	98 km

More information

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