M 5.7 in Russian Federation on 20 Feb 2020 18:57 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: 5.7M
Depth: 33.52 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.6379 , 160.7765
Event Date: 20 Feb 2020 18:57 UTC
21 Feb 2020 05:57 Local
Exposed Population: About 900 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70007trb
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2020 19:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70007trb Scaled population (raster) 2.42  
  C1 earthquake 0.74  
  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
1297161 0 20 Feb 2020 18:57 5.9M, 44.29km 3.92 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 NEIC
1297162 0 20 Feb 2020 18:57 5.7M, 33.52km 3.73 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 Zhupanovo, Bol'shaya Kalygir', and Karymskaya.

Radius Population
100 km <1000 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
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation -
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation -
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Zhupanovo Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 60 km
Bol'shaya Kalygir' Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 60 km
Karymskaya Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 68 km

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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
Zhupanovskiy 61 0 72 km

More information

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