M 6 in Russian Federation on 20 Sep 2022 18:23 UTC

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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*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 , Region of Kamchatskaya oblast'. The nearest places are Sarannove, Seleniye, Severnoye, Nikolskoye, and Podutësnaya.

Radius Population
100 km <1000 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation no people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Sarannove Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 28 km
Seleniye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 32 km
Severnoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 32 km
Nikolskoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village <1000 people 44 km
Podutësnaya Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 58 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Nikol Skoye Russia 45 km
Nikolskoye Russia 59 km

More information

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