M 5.6 in Russia on 08 Mar 2023 06:03 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: 5.6M
Depth: 36.178 Km
Lat/Lon: 50.1317 , 157.4402
Event Date: 08 Mar 2023 06:03 UTC
08 Mar 2023 16:03 Local
Exposed Population: 2 thousand in MMI III
Source: NEIC us7000ji2e
Inserted at: 08 Mar 2023 13:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ji2e Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1494165 0 08 Mar 2023 06:03 5.8M, 33.236km 3.63 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 NEIC
1494207 0 08 Mar 2023 06:03 5.6M, 36.178km 3.46 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 07:31 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 Sakhalinskaya oblast' (population 2,294) . 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 1494165 157.415/50.177 5.8 33.2 3.626 08 Mar 2023 06:30 00:26 (new episode)
2 0 1494165 157.415/50.177 5.8 33.2 3.626 08 Mar 2023 08:07 02:04 (upd of #1)
3 0 1494207 157.44/50.132 5.6 36.2 3.458 08 Mar 2023 13:39 07:35 (new episode)
4 0 1494207 157.44/50.132 5.6 36.2 3.458 09 Mar 2023 06:40 1d 00:36 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 2300 people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation 4100 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Babushkino Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 93 km
Semënovka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 100 km
Lopatka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 102 km
Savushkino Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 103 km
Severnyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 103 km
Saushkino Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 104 km
Kamenistyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 106 km
Pribrezhnyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 107 km
Asahigawa Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 107 km
Chashechka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 108 km
Galkino Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 109 km
Baikovo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 110 km
Matsu-kawa Fishery Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 111 km
Severo Kurilsk Sakhalinskaya Russia City - 112 km
Talkino Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 113 km
Artyushino Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 115 km
Okeanskoye Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 118 km
Grotava Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 132 km
Shelikhovo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 133 km
Kitovyy Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 133 km
Kakumabetsu Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 136 km
Vasilyevo Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 145 km
Goryachiye Klyuchi Vtoryye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 155 km
Pauzhetka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 155 km
Ozernovskiy Kamchatskaya Russia Village 2600 people 163 km
Zaporozhye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 167 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
Kozyrevskoye 100 0 109 km
Ozernovskiy 183 0 166 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Paramashiru Island Russia 124 km
Ozernaya Russia 167 km

More information

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