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: 10 Km
Event Date: 17 Jul 2017 23:34 UTC
18 Jul 2017 10:34 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20009x42
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2017 23:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 1 1
us20009x42 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0.34m  
  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  0.3m in Preobrajenskoe, Russia. This height is estimated for 18-Jul-2017 00:30:00.

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)
18-Jul-2017 00:30:00 Preobrajenskoe Russia  0.3
18-Jul-2017 01:30:00 Lisenkovo Russia  0.2
18-Jul-2017 02:08:00 Olyutorskiy Russia  0.2
18-Jul-2017 02:46:00 Kavacha Russia  0.2
17-Jul-2017 23:42:00 Preobrazhenskoye Russia  0.2
18-Jul-2017 02:36:00 Pakhachi Russia  0.2
18-Jul-2017 02:04:00 Machevna Russia  0.2
18-Jul-2017 02:26:00 Apuka Russia  0.2
18-Jul-2017 00:44:00 Sarannove Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:50:00 Novoolyutorka Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 00:40:00 Severnoye Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:58:00 Attu United States  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:04:00 Tkeenmon Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:54:00 Navy_Town United States  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:50:00 Seleniye Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:34:00 Village United States  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:04:00 Vyvenka Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:56:00 Medvezhska Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:48:00 Krasnaya Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:16:00 Podutesnaya Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:36:00 Yemet Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:34:00 Korf Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:42:00 Ukelayat Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 03:02:00 Omeleut Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:48:00 Shubertovo Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:42:00 Nikolskoye Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 03:07:00 Ust-kamchatsk Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:10:00 Druzhnyy Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:10:00 Otpryadoshi Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:32:00 Shubertovskiy Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:42:00 Gorbusha Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 01:00:00 Lyuri Russia  0.1
18-Jul-2017 02:32:00 Korfovskiy_Kombinat Russia  0.1

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Initial conditions

Title: "234km ESE of Nikolskoye"

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: NaN
  • Longitude: NaN
  • 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: 10 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 161.359, 46.967, 176.359, 61.967
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:1.25 minutes

Sea Level

More information

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