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:	31.5 Km
Lat/Lon:	53.0351 , 160.2623
Event Date:	30 Sep 2024 12:21 UTC 01 Oct 2024 00:21 Local
Exposed Population:	3 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Source:	NEIC us7000nh82
Inserted at:	30 Sep 2024 13:24 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, Bol'shaya Kalygir', and Nalacheva.

Radius	Population
100 km	2000 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	-	26 km
Ostrovnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	51 km
Ostrovnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	52 km
Staryy Ostrogo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	55 km
Bol'shaya Kalygir'	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	57 km
Nalacheva	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	65 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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