M 6.3 in Russian Federation from 06 Jul 2008 09:08 UTC to 09:08

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: 6.3M
Depth: 29 Km
Lat/Lon: 45.54 , 150.84
Event Date: 06 Jul 2008 09:08 UTC
06 Jul 2008 19:08 Local
Exposed Population:
About 368 people within 100km
Source: NEIC at00533530
Inserted at: 06 Jul 2008 09:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
at00533530 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
42255 0 06 Jul 2008 09:08 6.1M, 36km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:12 NEIC
42256 0 06 Jul 2008 09:09 6.1M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:12 NEIC
42257 0 06 Jul 2008 09:08 5.9M, 55km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:12 NEIC
42258 0 06 Jul 2008 09:08 6.1M, 48km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:17 NEIC
42259 0 06 Jul 2008 09:08 5.7M, 35km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
42260 0 06 Jul 2008 09:08 6.2M, 45km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
42261 0 06 Jul 2008 09:08 6.3M, 29km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:27 NEIC
42262 0 06 Jul 2008 09:08 5.7M, 40km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:32 NEIC
42361 0 06 Jul 2008 09:08 5.8M, 47.2km N/A Few people (in 100km) 2d 06:57 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

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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