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
	Score no CC	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
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 ,of Kamchatskaya oblast'. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1595832	159.979/53.007	5.9	33.3	5.007	30 Sep 2024 12:42	00:20	(new episode)
2	1595837	160.262/53.035	5.9	31.5	4.767	30 Sep 2024 13:28	01:06	(new episode)
3	1595837	160.262/53.035	5.9	31.5	4.933	30 Sep 2024 14:25	02:03	(upd of #2)
4	1595837	160.262/53.035	5.9	31.5	4.719	01 Oct 2024 12:40	1d 00:18	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	no people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	130000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	120000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

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
Nalacheva	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	65 km
Zhupanovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	73 km
Ust-Kotelnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	79 km
Karymskaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	99 km
Vilyuy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	117 km
Elizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	127 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	129 km
Paratunka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	134 km
Severnyye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	142 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Major city	180000 people	109 km
Mokhovaya Rybachiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	116 km
Zhupanovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	118 km
Novyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	119 km
Zhupanovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	121 km
Yelizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	40000 people	127 km
Zaychik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	132 km
Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	141 km
Nachiki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	169 km
Sokoch	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	173 km
Kronoki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	183 km
Malki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	190 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	103 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchats	PKC	84	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	122 km
Zhupanovskiy		61				0	118 km
Nachiki		300				0	169 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky		Russia	109 km
	Novaya Tarya		Russia	117 km

More information

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