Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 23 Apr 2017 06:37 UTC

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M 5.1 in Russian Federation on 23 Apr 2017 06:37 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:	5.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	46.1977 , 142.1588
Event Date:	23 Apr 2017 06:37 UTC 23 Apr 2017 17:37 Local
Exposed Population:	About 94000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008jyr
Inserted at:	23 Apr 2017 06:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Russia)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Russia= 4.6; Japan= 1.5

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10008jyr	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1164976		0	23 Apr 2017 06:37	5.1M, 10km	N/A	90 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	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 Sakhalinskaya oblast' (population 731,237) . The nearest places are Medvedevka, Dorokava, Utësovka, Atlasovo, Tokushi, Novotambovskoye, Luzhki, Kuznetsovo, Moruji, Chkalovo, and Voskresenskoye.

Radius	Population
100 km	94000 people
75 km	19000 people
50 km	3800 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	730000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Medvedevka	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	6 km
Dorokava	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	10 km
Utësovka	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	12 km
Atlasovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	19 km
Tokushi	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	20 km
Novotambovskoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	21 km
Luzhki	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	23 km
Kuznetsovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	24 km
Moruji	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	24 km
Chkalovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	29 km
Minamisen	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	30 km
Kirillovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	31 km
Minami-nayoshi-tanzan	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	31 km
Dalnyaya	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	33 km
Shebunino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	1200 people	34 km
Minami-ikedzuki	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	36 km
Oku-naihoro	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	38 km
Volkovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	41 km
Nakashigai	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	42 km
Higashisen	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	42 km
Ikedzuki-Khama	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	43 km
Orlovka	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	46 km
Horonaibo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	46 km
Gornozavodsk	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	City	5500 people	47 km
Amurskoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	48 km
Taranay	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	51 km
Koshinai	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	52 km
Kami-tarannai	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	53 km
Kolkhoznoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Malinovka	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	55 km
Nevelsk	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	City	17000 people	56 km
Rira	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	57 km
Pridorozhnoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	58 km
Fushikohama	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	60 km
Tobushi	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	60 km
Okosawa	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	62 km
Bereyanskiy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	63 km
Kiyotakisawa	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	64 km
Aniva	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	8000 people	64 km
Asanaisawa	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	65 km
Ogon'ki	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	67 km
Kami-obara	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	67 km
Blagoveshchenskoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	67 km
Korsakov	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	City	35000 people	67 km
Asanai	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	68 km
Anivaskiy-Ozeretskiy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	70 km
Voskresenskoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	70 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
Korsakov Heli		65				0	69 km
Novaya		93				0	79 km
Yuzhno Sakhalinsk South	UUS	221	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8800	88 km
Hokkaido	WKJ	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Nevelsk	RUNEV	Russia	56 km
Korsakov	RUKOR	Russia	66 km
Kholmsk	RUKHO	Russia	95 km

More information

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