Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 20 Sep 2022 18:23 UTC

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:	6.0M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	55.532 , 166.3394
Event Date:	20 Sep 2022 18:23 UTC 21 Sep 2022 06:23 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VI Few people affected in MMI&>=IV
Source:	NEIC us7000i9l5
Inserted at:	20 Sep 2022 18:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000i9l5	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1463161		0	20 Sep 2022 18:23	6M, 10km	5.79	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	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 Kamchatskaya oblast' (population 14) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1463161	55.328/166.627	5.5	15.1	4.6	20 Sep 2022 18:44	00:20	(new episode)
2	1463161	55.532/166.339	6.0	10.0	5.639	20 Sep 2022 18:49	00:26	(upd of #1)
3	1463161	55.532/166.339	6.0	10.0	5.65	20 Sep 2022 20:28	02:05	(upd of #2)
4	1463161	55.5/166.34	6.0	10.0	5.834	21 Sep 2022 16:40	22:16	(upd of #3)
5	1463161	55.5/166.34	6.0	10.0	5.834	21 Sep 2022 18:40	1d 00:16	(upd of #4)
6	1463161	55.509/166.324	6.0	10.0	5.788	29 Sep 2022 23:50	9d 05:27	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sarannove	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	28 km
Severnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	32 km
Nikolskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	<1000 people	44 km
Preobrazhenskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	115 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Nikol Skoye	Russia	45 km
Nikolskoye	Russia	59 km
Myedhi Island	Russia	123 km

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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