M 7 in Russian Federation from 13 Feb 2020 10:33 UTC to 10:33

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: 7.0M
Depth: 163 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.7 , 148.9
Event Date: 13 Feb 2020 10:33 UTC
13 Feb 2020 20:33 Local
Exposed Population: About 3000 people within 100km
Source: PTWC pt20044002
Inserted at: 13 Feb 2020 10:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
PTWC 0 0 0
pt20044002 Scaled population (vector) 2.65 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 earthquake 0.74 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake -0.13      
  Country Vulnerability -0.43      
  INFORM_normalised 0.94      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1296035 0 13 Feb 2020 10:33 6.8M, 145km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:07 GEOFON
1296036 0 13 Feb 2020 10:33 7M, 163km N/A 3 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:10 PTWC
1296037 0 13 Feb 2020 10:33 7M, 163km N/A 3 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:10 NTWC
1296043 0 13 Feb 2020 10:33 6.9M, 142.58km 6.01 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 02:04 NEIC
1296194 0 13 Feb 2020 10:33 7M, 144km 6.23 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 21:50 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 Sakhalinskaya oblast' (population 731,237) .

Radius Population
100 km 3200 people
75 km <1000 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
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people
Hokkaido Japan 5.8 million people

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
Sopochnyy Southwest 21 0 77 km

More information

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