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.

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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 ,of Kamchatskaya oblast'. The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity Population
no people
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1174102 54.582/168.647 6.2 7.92 5.23 17 Jul 2017 11:27 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1174102 54.582/168.647 6.2 7.92 5.23 17 Jul 2017 13:07 02:02 (upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation no people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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