M 7.4 in Russian Federation from 17 Jul 2017 23:34 UTC to 23:34

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: 7.4M
Depth: 48 Km
Event Date: 17 Jul 2017 23:34 UTC
18 Jul 2017 10:34 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NTWC     at00ot9dh6
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2017 23:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NTWC     0 1 1
at00ot9dh6 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0.16m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1174140 1 17 Jul 2017 23:34 7.2M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.2m (at 00:58) 00:09 GEOFON
1174141 1 17 Jul 2017 23:34 7.4M, 48km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.2m (at 01:18) 00:09 NTWC    
1174144 1 17 Jul 2017 23:34 7.4M, 48.3km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.2m (at 01:18) 00:12 PTWC
1174150 1 17 Jul 2017 23:34 7.4M, 10km 6.55 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.3m (at 00:56) 00:22 NEIC
1174161 0.9 17 Jul 2017 23:34 7.7M, 11.7km 7.03 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.9m (at 00:54) 00:47 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.

Tsunami affected locations

The maximum Wave height is  0.2m in Preobrajenskoe, Russia. This height is estimated for 18-Jul-2017 00:52:52.

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)
18-Jul-2017 00:52:52 Preobrajenskoe Russia  0.2
18-Jul-2017 02:40:73 Kavacha Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:42:54 Tkeenmon Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:24:56 Gorbusha Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 00:24:24 Lisenkovo Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 00:12:95 Preobrazhenskoye Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:38:11 Olyutorskiy Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:38:11 Apuka Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:04:17 Navy_Town United States  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:36:53 Village United States  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:34:25 Severnoye Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:34:25 Seleniye Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 03:15:91 Druzhnyy Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:04:17 Shubertovo Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:34:57 Lyuri Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:14:45 Ust-kamchatsk Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:26:35 Attu United States  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:58:02 Yemet Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:34:25 Nikolskoye Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:54:65 Machevna Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 03:11:06 Shubertovskiy Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:08:29 Vatyna Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:28:66 Podutesnaya Russia  0.0

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Initial conditions

Title: "233km ESE of Nikolskoye"

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 54.187
  • Longitude: 169.165
  • Length: 79 km
  • Width: 22 km
  • Magnitude: 7.4 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: 2 m
  • Strike: 310 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 39 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 48 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 161.665, 46.687, 176.665, 61.687
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.87 minutes

Sea Level

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