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
Event Date: 13 Feb 2020 10:33 UTC
13 Feb 2020 20:33 Local
Exposed Population: About 3000 people within 100km
Source: NTWC at00q5myo9
Inserted at: 13 Feb 2020 10:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NTWC 0 0 0
at00q5myo9 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.
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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.

Tsunami affected locations

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)

See full locations list (RSS)


Initial conditions

Title: ""99km SE of Kurilsk""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 44.7
  • Longitude: 148.9
  • Length: 50 km
  • Width: 14 km
  • Magnitude: 7 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: 1.3 m
  • Strike: 237 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 25 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 163 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 144.4, 40.2, 153.4, 49.2
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.75 minutes

Sea Level

More information

  • Timeline:
    Tsunami calculations performed to this case, click here

  • Montecarlo:
    Tsunami Montecarlo simulation performed to this case, click here

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