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

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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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 ,of Kamchatskaya oblast' (population 2) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1463161 55.328/166.627 5.5 15.1 4.6 20 Sep 2022 18:44 00:20 (new episode)
2 0 1463161 55.532/166.339 6.0 10.0 5.639 20 Sep 2022 18:49 00:26 (upd of #1)
3 0 1463161 55.532/166.339 6.0 10.0 5.65 20 Sep 2022 20:28 02:05 (upd of #2)
4 0 1463161 55.5/166.34 6.0 10.0 5.834 21 Sep 2022 16:40 22:16 (upd of #3)
5 0 1463161 55.5/166.34 6.0 10.0 5.834 21 Sep 2022 18:40 1d 00:16 (upd of #4)
6 0 1463161 55.509/166.324 6.0 10.0 5.788 29 Sep 2022 23:50 9d 05:27 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation 5200 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation 1800 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug Russian Federation no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity 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
Kultuk Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 236 km
Tonkiy Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 240 km
Krutoberegovo Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 241 km
Ust-kamchatsk Kamchatskaya Russia Village 4900 people 254 km
Nikolayevka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 267 km
Shubertovo Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 276 km
Nizhnekamchatsk Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 281 km
Obukhovo Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 286 km
Kamaki Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 315 km
Verkhne-Ozërnaya Koryakskiy Russia Village - 347 km
Kronoki Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 348 km
Klyuchi Kamchatskaya Russia City 6500 people 354 km
Bogachëvka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 355 km
Yelovka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 365 km
Uka Koryakskiy Russia Village - 365 km
Yelovskiy Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 366 km
Ukinskiy Koryakskiy Russia Village - 374 km
Kresty Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 385 km
Krasny Yar Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 388 km

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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
Ust Kamchatsk-Krutoberegovo 12 0 241 km
Ust Kamchatsk 5 0 252 km
Torbusha unknown 0 270 km
Klyuchi Southeast 32 0 342 km
Yelovka 244 0 344 km
91 0 348 km
Yelovka North 152 0 355 km
Klyuchi 66 0 356 km
Uka 3 0 375 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Nikol Skoye Russia 45 km
Nikolskoye Russia 59 km
Myedhi Island Russia 123 km
Ust Kamchatsk Russia 257 km
Bukhta Kryugera Russia 280 km
Uka Russia 364 km

More information

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