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: 33.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.0072 , 159.9793
Event Date: 30 Sep 2024 12:21 UTC
01 Oct 2024 00:21 Local
Exposed Population: 200 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Source: NEIC us7000nh82
Inserted at: 30 Sep 2024 12:39 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

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*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
<1000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

LevelShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1595832 159.979/53.007 5.9 33.3 5.007 30 Sep 2024 12:42 00:20 (new episode)
2 0 1595837 160.262/53.035 5.9 31.5 4.767 30 Sep 2024 13:28 01:06 (new episode)
3 0 1595837 160.262/53.035 5.9 31.5 4.933 30 Sep 2024 14:25 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1595837 160.262/53.035 5.9 31.5 4.719 01 Oct 2024 12:40 1d 00:18 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation no people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation 220000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ostrovnoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 38 km
Nalacheva Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 48 km
Boza Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 20 km
Ostrovnaya Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 38 km
Ust-Kotelnoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 61 km
Zhupanovo Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 72 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Kamchatskaya Russia Major city 180000 people 90 km
Vilyuy Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 98 km
Karymskaya Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 98 km
Novyy Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 100 km
Elizovo Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 109 km
Nikolayevka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 110 km
Paratunka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 115 km
Koryaki Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 123 km
Severnyye Koryaki Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 124 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Ozero Khalaktyrka 38 0 84 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchats PKC 84 Civ. Paved Yes 11100 104 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia 90 km
Novaya Tarya Russia 98 km

More information

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