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 1,747) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no 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

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	1800 people
	Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	3300 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

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Kozyrevskoye		100				0	221 km
	Ozernovskiy		183				0	293 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Paramashiru Island	Russia	207 km
Ozernaya	Russia	293 km
Matsuura Island	Russia	344 km

More information

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