M 7 in Russia on 17 Aug 2024 19:10 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1442254
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.0M
Glide number: EQ-2024-000150-RUS
Depth: 29 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.9242 , 160.1413
Event Date: 17 Aug 2024 19:10 UTC
18 Aug 2024 07:10 Local
Exposed Population: 40 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 17 Aug 2024 19:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Russia)
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.0025 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 0.2 1.2
us7000n7n8 Scaled population (raster) 3.53 Max wave alert 0.24m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.24m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.94      
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Russia - Earthquake and volcanic eruption (ECHO 24 Aug 2024)Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:55

  • An earthquake of magnitude 7 M at a depth of 29 km occurred on 17 August at 19:10 UTC (18 August 7:10 local time) in the sea at approximately 10 km south-east of the Kamchatka peninsula. The epicentre was located approximately 102 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 3,000 people were exposed to strong shaking and 257,000 to moderate shaking.
  • According to media, as of 18 August, the strong earthquake triggered the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano causing an ash plume of 9,000m and an ashfall in the Ust-Kamchatsk village in the Ust-Kamchatsk district, in the eastern Kamchatka (Far Eastern Federal District).
  • There are no reports of any damage or casualties, neither due to the earthquake nor to the volcanic eruption.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),