M 4.6 in Russian Federation on 02 Dec 2021 20:49 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1299725
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 314.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 45.8325 , 142.5511
Event Date: 02 Dec 2021 20:49 UTC
03 Dec 2021 06:49 Local
Exposed Population:
100 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 07 Dec 2021 22:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Russia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Russia= 4.6; Japan= 1.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000g8j5 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

New seismic protection methods introduced – Armenian Emergency Situati.. 12/6/2021 10:33:00 AM.

12:37, 6 December, 2021 YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian-Russian Humanitarian Response Center Organized a conference titled Historical Experience of the Spitak Earthquake, Modern Technologies of Seismic Safety dedicated to the
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Russia official: 1988 Armenia earthquake’s tragic experience gave impe.. 12/6/2021 10:22:00 AM.

The tragic experience of the Spitak earthquake in Armenia in 1988 gave impetus to the creation of an effective system for the prevention and elimination of the consequences of natural disasters. Russian Deputy Minister of Civil Defence, Eme
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Kopirkin: Russian-Armenian Center for Humanitarian Response has highly.. 12/6/2021 10:22:00 AM.

The Russian-Armenian Center for Humanitarian Response is an important platform for bilateral cooperation in preventing and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters. Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin stated this during Mo
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),