M 6.3 in Russian Federation on 09 Jan 2020 08:38 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: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 62.3408 , 171.0597
Event Date: 09 Jan 2020 08:38 UTC
09 Jan 2020 20:38 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
About 100 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70006wuf
Inserted at: 09 Jan 2020 10:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006wuf Scaled population (raster) 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
1289551 0 09 Jan 2020 08:38 6.3M, 10km 7.42 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 NEIC
1289564 0 09 Jan 2020 08:38 6.3M, 10km 7.36 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:05 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 Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug. 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 1289551 62.421/171.119 6.3 10.0 7.425 09 Jan 2020 09:00 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1289564 62.421/171.119 6.3 10.0 7.425 09 Jan 2020 10:46 02:08 (new episode)
3 0 1289564 62.341/171.06 6.3 10.0 7.356 09 Jan 2020 10:59 02:21 (upd of #2)
4 0 1289564 62.341/171.06 6.3 10.0 7.356 10 Jan 2020 08:48 1d 00:10 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people
Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation <1000 people
Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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