M 5.7 in East Of Kuril Islands on 14 May 2019 20:55 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: 42.03 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.7598 , 148.0337
Event Date: 14 May 2019 20:55 UTC
15 May 2019 06:55 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70003l7d
Inserted at: 16 May 2019 16:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70003l7d Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1260294 0 14 May 2019 20:55 5.7M, 42.03km 3.04 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 19:28 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1260294 43.76/148.034 5.7 42.0 3.511 14 May 2019 21:13 00:17 (new episode)
2 0 1260294 43.76/148.034 5.7 42.0 3.511 14 May 2019 22:03 01:07 (upd of #1)
3 0 1260294 43.76/148.034 5.7 42.0 3.511 14 May 2019 22:59 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1260294 43.76/148.034 5.7 42.0 3.511 15 May 2019 20:58 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1260294 43.845/147.95 5.2 36.4 3.037 16 May 2019 16:23 1d 19:28 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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