Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 15 Feb 2025 01:48 UTC

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M 5.7 in Russian Federation on 15 Feb 2025 01:48 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 1468365
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.7M
Depth:	13 Km
Lat/Lon:	50.0189 , 88.293
Event Date:	15 Feb 2025 01:48 UTC 15 Feb 2025 08:48 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	15 Feb 2025 18:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.6 (Russia)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000pdvt	Scaled population (raster)	0.3
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

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Russia - Earthquake (ECHO 23 Feb 2025)Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:41

An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 13 km occurred in the Altai Republic, southern central Russia on 15 February at 1:48 UTC (8:48 local time). The epicentre was located 27 km west of Kosh-Agach village, Kosh-Agachsky District.
USGS PAGER estimated that up to 5,000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
According to media some villages close to the epicentre, Beltir, Kosh-Agach, Chagan-Uzun, Mukhor-Tarkhata, Ortolyk, Kurai, Tobeler, and Telengit-Sortogo experienced minor damage and power outages. No casualties have been reported.

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