Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 25 Mar 2020 02:49 UTC

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M 7.5 in Russian Federation on 25 Mar 2020 02:49 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:	7.5M
Depth:	56.65 Km
Lat/Lon:	48.9864 , 157.6933
Event Date:	25 Mar 2020 02:49 UTC 25 Mar 2020 13:49 Local
Exposed Population:	About 2000 people in MMI No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70008fi4
Inserted at:	26 Mar 2020 02:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.8		0.8
us70008fi4	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	0.83m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.83m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1302217	0.9	25 Mar 2020 02:49	7.8M, 58.8km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.9m (at 00:54)	00:11	PTWC
1302220	1.2	25 Mar 2020 02:49	7.8M, 59km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	1.5m (at 00:58)	00:14	NTWC
1302224	0.8	25 Mar 2020 02:49	7.5M, 56.65km	5.25	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.8m (at 00:58)	1d 00:05	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 Sakhalinskaya oblast' (population 346) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	2600 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1302224	48.986/157.693	7.5	56.6	4.282	25 Mar 2020 03:55	01:05	(new episode)
2	1302224	48.986/157.693	7.5	56.6	4.823	25 Mar 2020 04:58	02:09	(upd of #1)
3	1302224	48.986/157.693	7.5	56.6	4.823	26 Mar 2020 02:54	1d 00:05	(upd of #2)
4	1302224	48.986/157.693	7.5	56.6	5.246	26 Mar 2020 17:06	1d 14:16	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	1700 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	270000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Okeanskoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	194 km
Talkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	195 km
Galkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	195 km
Matsu-kawa Fishery	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	196 km
Pribrezhnyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	198 km
Kamenistyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	199 km
Vasilyevo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	202 km
Asahigawa	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	202 km
Kitovyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	202 km
Babushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	206 km
Shelikhovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	214 km
Onekotan	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	215 km
Savushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	216 km
Kakumabetsu	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	217 km
Severo Kurilsk	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	City	-	220 km
Baikovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	222 km
Saushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	222 km
Severnyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	223 km
Semënovka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	224 km
Artyushino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	225 km
Lopatka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	227 km
Chashechka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	234 km
Alaid	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	253 km
Grotava	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	258 km
Goryachiye Klyuchi Vtoryye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	282 km
Pauzhetka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	283 km
Ozernovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2600 people	289 km
Zaporozhye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	293 km
Yavina	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	303 km
Koshegochek	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	319 km
Golygino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	328 km
Otradnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	334 km
Sarychevo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	343 km
Bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	396 km
Zuykovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	409 km
Oktyabrskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2200 people	420 km
Vilyuy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	428 km
Kirpichnyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	433 km
Ust-bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	2100 people	437 km
Mokhovaya Rybachiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	439 km
Lenino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	440 km
Apacha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	440 km
Nachilovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	442 km
Paratunka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	443 km
Nachilevo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	445 km
Zaychik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	447 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	452 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Major city	180000 people	457 km
Perevesnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	458 km
Nachiki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	459 km
Sokoch	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	463 km
Novyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	465 km
Dalniy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	466 km
Yelizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	40000 people	469 km
Ust-Kotelnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	469 km
Elizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	474 km
Staryye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	476 km
Mitoginskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	478 km
Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	478 km
Nalacheva	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	479 km
Severnyye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	487 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
Kozyrevskoye		100				0	221 km
Ozernovskiy		183				0	293 km
		23				0	439 km
Lenino		79				0	440 km
Karymay		66				0	454 km
Ozero Khalaktyrka		38				0	455 km
Nachiki		300				0	456 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchats	PKC	84	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	468 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Paramashiru Island	Russia	207 km
Ozernaya	Russia	293 km
Matsuura Island	Russia	344 km
Rashau Island	Russia	378 km
Mikoyanovsk	Russia	424 km
Novaya Tarya	Russia	440 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	Russia	453 km

More information

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