M 6.2 in Russian Federation on 17 Jul 2017 11:05 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 6.2M
Depth: 7.92 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.5816 , 168.6472
Event Date: 17 Jul 2017 11:05 UTC
17 Jul 2017 22:05 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20009wwj
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2017 11:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20009wwj 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1174095 1 17 Jul 2017 11:05 6.5M, 28km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:05 NTWC    
1174098 1 17 Jul 2017 11:05 6.6M, 29.5km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:07 PTWC
1174102 0 17 Jul 2017 11:05 6.2M, 7.92km 5.23 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 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'.

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation -
Alaska United States 570000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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