Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russia on 21 Sep 2020 18:04 UTC

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M 5.5 in Russia on 21 Sep 2020 18:04 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	51.8548 , 103.4493
Event Date:	21 Sep 2020 18:04 UTC 22 Sep 2020 02:04 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1000 people in MMI 1070000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000bzek
Inserted at:	21 Sep 2020 18:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000bzek	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	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
1333930		0	21 Sep 2020 18:04	5.5M, 10km	6.72	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:25	NEIC
1334065		0	21 Sep 2020 18:04	5.6M, 10km	6.8	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		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 , Region of Irkutskaya oblast'. The nearest places are Bystraya, Tibelti, Kultuk, Khurkhed, Bol'sheglubokaya, Slyudyanka, Dalakhay, Tory, Belyy Klyuch, Shamanka, and Irkutsk.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.1 million people
75 km	440000 people
50 km	34000 people
20 km	2700 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Irkutskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	-
Respublika Buryatiya	Russian Federation	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bystraya	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	13 km
Tibelti	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	16 km
Kultuk	Irkutskaya	Russia	City	4100 people	22 km
Khurkhed	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	24 km
Bol'sheglubokaya	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	27 km
Slyudyanka	Irkutskaya	Russia	City	19000 people	29 km
Dalakhay	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	31 km
Tory	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	32 km
Belyy Klyuch	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	34 km
Shamanka	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	35 km
Sredniy Tal'yan	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	35 km
Shamanka Pyataya	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	36 km
Shamanka Odinnadtsataya	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	37 km
Guzhirskoye	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	38 km
Talyany	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	39 km
Moty	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	41 km
Vladimirovskiy	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	44 km
Shana	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	44 km
Bezö Mannaya	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	44 km
Yagat	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	44 km
Krasnöy Yar	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	47 km
Pudovka	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	48 km
Podkamennaya	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	49 km
Yelovka	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	50 km
Vvedenskoye	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	51 km
Marituy	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	52 km
Kuk-Yurt	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	53 km
Zelënyye Gorki	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	53 km
Bol'shoy Lug	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	53 km
Savvateyevka	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Baykalsk	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	16000 people	54 km
Akhalik	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	55 km
Ivanovka	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	55 km
Lytkina	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	55 km
Akinino-Baklashi	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	57 km
Makarovich	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	57 km
Olkha	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	57 km
Khutel	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	58 km
Dabady	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	58 km
Shelekhov	Irkutskaya	Russia	City	47000 people	59 km
Khabukhay	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	61 km
Ponomarëvka	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	62 km
Chebagor	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	63 km
Arkhireyka	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	63 km
Galba	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	63 km
Tunka	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	63 km
Bol'shaya Cheremshanka	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	65 km
Novoborisovo	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	65 km
Maksimovshchina	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	65 km
Smolenshchina	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	66 km
Razdolye	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	68 km
Talaya	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	68 km
Solzan	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	68 km
Khuray-Khobok	Buryatiya	Russia	Village	-	69 km
Cheloti	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	69 km
Dmitriyevskiy	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	69 km
Yasachnaya	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	70 km
Malaya Yelan'	Irkutskaya	Russia	Village	-	70 km
Irkutsk	Irkutskaya	Russia	Major city	580000 people	75 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
Irkutsk Northwest		450				0	76 km
Irkutsk Southeast	IKT	504	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	79 km
Kyren		70				0	91 km
Tunguska		457				0	99 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Baikal	Irkutsk	Angara	1956	73 km

More information

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