Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 07 Jul 2024 20:15 UTC

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M 5.5 in Russian Federation on 07 Jul 2024 20:15 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:	5.5M
Depth:	73.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	55.5665 , 162.1019
Event Date:	07 Jul 2024 20:15 UTC 08 Jul 2024 08:15 Local
Exposed Population:	5 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000mxmx
Inserted at:	07 Jul 2024 20:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000mxmx	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1580971		0	07 Jul 2024 20:15	5.5M, 73.4km	4.85	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:17	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 Kamchatskaya oblast'. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1580971	162.102/55.566	5.5	73.4	4.917	07 Jul 2024 20:37	00:21	(new episode)
2	1580971	162.102/55.566	5.5	73.4	4.956	07 Jul 2024 22:21	02:05	(upd of #1)
3	1580971	162.102/55.566	5.5	73.4	4.97	08 Jul 2024 20:40	1d 00:25	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	no people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	no people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	no people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Shubertovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	42 km
Obukhovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	72 km
Nizhnekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	76 km
Ust-kamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	4900 people	77 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	79 km
Krutoberegovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	86 km
Kamaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	89 km
Tonkiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	92 km
Tolbachik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	135 km
Gakankoy	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	233 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Torbusha	unknown	64 km
Ust Kamchatsk	5	79 km
Ust Kamchatsk-Krutoberegovo	12	83 km
Klyuchi Southeast	32	102 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Bukhta Kryugera		Russia	52 km
	Ust Kamchatsk		Russia	75 km

More information

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