Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 16 Jan 2017 19:07 UTC

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M 5 in Russian Federation on 16 Jan 2017 19:07 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	198.42 Km
Lat/Lon:	55.5225 , 160.077
Event Date:	16 Jan 2017 19:07 UTC 17 Jan 2017 07:07 Local
Exposed Population:	About 5000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007tjn
Inserted at:	16 Jan 2017 19:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
us10007tjn	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1154200		n.a	16 Jan 2017 19:07	5M, 198.42km	N/A	5 thousand (in 100km)		00:16	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 , Region of Kamchatskaya oblast'. The nearest places are Tolbachik, Lazo, Atlasovo, Srednekamchatsk, Rubikoro, Shchapino, Srednyaya Kravcha, Bondarka, Krapivnaya, Tayezhnyy, and Granëvo.

Radius	Population
100 km	5400 people
75 km	3500 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tolbachik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	8 km
Lazo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	20 km
Atlasovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	22 km
Srednekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	23 km
Rubikoro	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	37 km
Shchapino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	45 km
Srednyaya Kravcha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	45 km
Bondarka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	47 km
Krapivnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	49 km
Tayezhnyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	52 km
Bystryy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Kozyrëvsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	-	61 km
Kishkerdino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	68 km
Granëvo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	69 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Makarka		91				0	19 km
Kozyrevsk		30				0	64 km

More information

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