Overall Green Earthquake alert Off-shore on 27 Mar 2003 01:40 UTC

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M 4.1 Off-shore on 27 Mar 2003 01:40 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:	4.1M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	52.6 , 158.55
Event Date:	27 Mar 2003 01:40 UTC
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Jan 1900 00:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1938		0.5	27 Mar 2003 01:40	4.1M, 79.5km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)		-01:-40	NEIC

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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'. The nearest places are Vilyuy, Perevalka, Mokhovaya Rybachiy, Sovetskiy, Industrial'nyy, Paratunka, Kalakhtyrka, Malyy Kalauz, Zaychik, Petropavlovsk, and Ust-Kotelnoye.

Radius	Population
100 km	260000 people
75 km	250000 people
50 km	86000 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	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Vilyuy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	22 km
Perevalka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	28 km
Mokhovaya Rybachiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	33 km
Sovetskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	40 km
Industrial'nyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	41 km
Paratunka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	43 km
Kalakhtyrka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	45 km
Malyy Kalauz	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	46 km
Zaychik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	46 km
Petropavlovsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	47 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	50 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Major city	180000 people	50 km
Avacha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	52 km
Vysokiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Shankhay	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	58 km
Chapayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	58 km
Novyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	59 km
Krasnorechensk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	62 km
Khutor	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	63 km
Radygina	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	65 km
Yelizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	40000 people	65 km
Ust-Kotelnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	67 km

see full list

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	48 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchats	PKC	84	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	64 km
Nachiki		300				0	77 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Novaya Tarya		Russia	34 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky		Russia	47 km

More information

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