M 5.8 in Russian Federation on 11 Oct 2021 23:10 UTC
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: 5.8M
Depth: 70 Km
Lat/Lon: 48.2986 , 153.7482
Event Date: 11 Oct 2021 23:10 UTC
12 Oct 2021 10:10 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
Few people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000ftu3
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2021 16:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ftu3 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1401675 0 11 Oct 2021 23:09 5.8M, 59.77km 4.6 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 6d 14:58 NEIC
1402306 0 11 Oct 2021 23:09 5.7M, 70km 4.44 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 6d 14:57 NEIC
1402685 0 11 Oct 2021 23:10 5.8M, 70km 4.67 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 6d 16:51 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 ,of Sakhalinskaya oblast' (population 1) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1401675 48.31/153.755 5.8 59.8 4.582 11 Oct 2021 23:34 00:24 (new episode)
2 0 1401675 48.31/153.755 5.8 59.8 4.582 12 Oct 2021 01:13 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1402306 48.31/153.755 5.8 59.8 4.602 12 Oct 2021 23:14 1d 00:04 (new episode)
4 0 1402306 48.334/153.725 5.7 70.0 4.44 15 Oct 2021 02:46 3d 03:36 (upd of #3)
5 0 1402685 48.299/153.748 5.8 70.0 4.667 16 Oct 2021 21:17 4d 22:07 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Sarychevo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 44 km
Onekotan Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 144 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Matsuura Island Russia 47 km
Rashau Island Russia 89 km

More information

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