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Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 46.75 N°, 153.11 E°
Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 58.75 N°, 165.11 E°
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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Region Lat/Long
20-May-2013 00:13:17 5.3 -33.2 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.3° N / 160.17° E
19-May-2013 23:58:15 5.0 -58.8 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.38° N / 159.95° E
19-May-2013 23:51:35 5.2 -49.7 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.37° N / 159.99° E
19-May-2013 23:50:24 5.1 -70.2 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.75° N / 159.11° E
19-May-2013 23:33:54 4.5 -78.2 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.89° N / 159.26° E
19-May-2013 22:38:50 5.0 -40.1 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.36° N / 160.22° E
19-May-2013 21:12:55 4.8 -58.0 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.27° N / 160.01° E
19-May-2013 21:05:17 5.1 -43.3 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.35° N / 160.09° E
19-May-2013 20:20:12 5.1 -43.7 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.41° N / 159.99° E
19-May-2013 20:07:02 4.6 -86.2 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.83° N / 159.2° E
19-May-2013 19:53:18 5.1 -92.7 near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.71° N / 158.84° E
19-May-2013 19:51:28 5.1 -54.1 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.43° N / 160.14° E
19-May-2013 19:43:22 5.0 -52.5 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.4° N / 160.1° E
19-May-2013 19:37:30 4.9 -48.6 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.45° N / 160.2° E
19-May-2013 19:21:28 5.1 -54.3 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.38° N / 160.1° E
19-May-2013 19:05:55 4.6 -23.0 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.26° N / 160.86° E
19-May-2013 18:44:10 5.9 -16.5 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.28° N / 160.09° E
19-May-2013 18:41:16 5.1 -44.1 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.37° N / 160.1° E
19-May-2013 18:33:00 4.8 -53.8 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.34° N / 160.24° E
19-May-2013 17:47:31 4.7 -59.7 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.58° N / 159.57° E
19-May-2013 17:44:45 5.1 -40.3 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.42° N / 160.32° E
19-May-2013 15:58:44 4.6 -61.2 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.37° N / 160.11° E
19-May-2013 15:45:23 4.7 -44.6 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.36° N / 160.17° E
19-May-2013 14:45:32 4.5 -68.4 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.4° N / 160.04° E
19-May-2013 10:18:27 4.3 -61.6 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.31° N / 159.94° E
19-May-2013 03:41:26 5.0 -11.7 near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.22° N / 163.25° E
18-May-2013 23:29:31 4.7 -85.3 near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.88° N / 158.88° E
18-May-2013 22:39:46 4.9 -73.8 near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.67° N / 158.94° E
18-May-2013 17:43:15 4.7 -30.9 Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region 56.08° N / 164.64° E
18-May-2013 07:26:23 4.4 -40.0 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.2° N / 160.3° E
18-May-2013 03:44:03 4.4 -64.1 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.38° N / 159.85° E
16-May-2013 10:50:10 4.6 -57.4 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.29° N / 160.19° E
16-May-2013 09:23:40 4.7 -60.8 off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 52.32° N / 160.05° E
14-May-2013 10:19:06 5.0 -10.0 near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.2° N / 162.7° E
13-May-2013 15:46:45 4.5 -54.1 Kuril Islands 48.59° N / 154.87° E
Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)
Name Advisory Date(UTC) Wind Speed Wind Gusts Heading Track Speed Status Pressure Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.                
Active Volcanoes
Name Region Activity Primary Observatory More Information Last Updated Lat/Long
Kizimen Russia Ongoing Activity Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed May 15 09:02:57 HST 2013 55.13° N / 160.32° E
Shiveluch Russia Ongoing Activity Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed May 15 09:02:57 HST 2013 56.65° N / 161.36° E
Tolbachik Russia Ongoing Activity Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed May 15 09:02:57 HST 2013 55.83° N / 160.33° E
Alaid Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed Jan 09 07:55:17 HST 2013 50.86° N / 155.55° E
Koryaksky Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed Nov 11 06:40:04 HST 2009 53.32° N / 158.69° E
Gorely Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed Nov 02 08:57:51 HST 2011 52.56° N / 158.03° E
Bezymianny Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed Feb 13 08:46:47 HST 2013 55.98° N / 160.59° E
Ebeko Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed Jul 28 07:09:14 HST 2010 50.68° N / 156.02° E
Karymsky Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed May 08 08:19:05 HST 2013 54.05° N / 159.45° E
Sarychev Peak Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed Dec 01 09:26:53 HST 2010 48.09° N / 153.2° E
Kharimkotan Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed Jan 20 07:28:13 HST 2010 49.12° N / 154.51° E
Kliuchevskoi Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed Mar 20 07:45:18 HST 2013 56.06° N / 160.64° E
Ekarma Russia Unknown Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team GVP Site Link Wed Sep 15 07:26:41 HST 2010 48.96° N / 153.93° E
Recent Hotspots (Fire)
Date of First Obs(UTC) Date of Last Obs(UTC) Description Mean Lat. Mean Long.
11-Mar-2013 17-Mar-2013 Small fire/High intensity 55.75 N 160.31 E

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years
Count
12
5 Most Recent Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Jan 15 2009 00:17 7.4 36 0 RUSSIA: KURIL ISLANDS 46.86° N / 155.15° E
Dec 05 1997 00:11 7.8 33 7 0 RUSSIA: KAMCHATKA: UST-KAMCHATSK, PETROPAVLOVSK 54.84° N / 162.03° E
Nov 13 1993 00:01 7.0 34 0 RUSSIA: KAMCHATKA 51.93° N / 158.65° E
Jun 08 1993 00:13 7.5 71 0 RUSSIA: KAMCHATKA 51.22° N / 157.83° E
Feb 16 1991 00:01 5.7 39 0 RUSSIA: KURIL ISLANDS 48.27° N / 154.33° E
5 Largest Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Nov 04 1952 00:16 9.0 45 11 0 RUSSIA: KAMCHATKA PENINSULA 52.75° N / 159.5° E
May 17 1841 00:21 8.4 30 11 0 RUSSIA: OFF KAMCHATKA 52.0° N / 158.0° E
Aug 22 1792 00:18 8.4 40 11 0 RUSSIA: NEAR KAMCHATKA 54.0° N / 162.0° E
Jun 25 1904 00:14 8.3 30 10 0 RUSSIA: OFF KAMCHATKA 52.0° N / 159.0° E
Feb 03 1923 00:16 8.3 19 11 0 RUSSIA: KAMCHATKA 54.0° N / 161.0° E

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions
Count
200
5 Most Recent Eruptions
Name Date(UTC) Magnitude Location Lat / Long
BEZYMIANNY Dec 14 2000 00:00 3.0 KAMCHATKA 55.97° N / 160.6° E
KARYMSKY Dec 12 2000 00:00 1.0 KAMCHATKA 54.08° N / 159.43° E
KLIUCHEVSKOI Dec 26 1999 00:00 1.0 KAMCHATKA 56.06° N / 160.64° E
BEZYMIANNY Dec 25 1999 00:00 2.0 KAMCHATKA 55.97° N / 160.6° E
KARYMSKY Dec 21 1998 00:00 1.0 KAMCHATKA 54.08° N / 159.43° E

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Feb 27 2010 00:00 RUSSIA SEVERO, KURILSKIYE 0.2 0 50.67° N / 156.17° E
Jan 15 2009 19:17 RUSSIA SEVERO, KURILSKIYE 0.1 0 50.67° N / 156.17° E
Dec 26 2004 13:30 RUSSIA SEVERO, KURILSKIYE 0.2 0 50.67° N / 156.17° E
Dec 14 1997 00:00 RUSSIA KRONOTSKY, KAMCHATKA 8.0 0 54.6° N / 162.12° E
Dec 05 1997 00:00 RUSSIA CHAZMA R., KAMCHATKA 8.0 0 55.13° N / 161.85° E
5 Largest Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Oct 17 1737 00:00 RUSSIA AVACHA, KAMCHATKA 32.0 3 52.97° N / 158.5° E
Oct 16 1737 00:00 RUSSIA LOPATKA, KAMCHATKA 32.0 0 50.87° N / 156.67° E
Apr 13 1923 00:00 RUSSIA UST'KAMCHATSK, KAMCHATKA 20.0 18 56.24° N / 162.52° E
Nov 04 1952 00:00 RUSSIA PARAMUSHIR, KURILSKIYE 18.0 0 50.42° N / 155.83° E
Nov 22 1969 23:25 RUSSIA OK'KHOVAYA RIVER 15.0 0 57.0° N / 162.8° E

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)
Start Date(UTC) End Date(UTC) Intensity Size (sq. km.) Mean Lat. Mean Long.
No data found for the area chosen.          

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years
Maximum Zone
Magnitude IX and above

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years
Maximum Zone (km/hr)
118-153

Demography

Population 2001
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
370,010 19,645
Population 2002
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
369,571 21,033
Population 2006
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
338,653 18,696
Population 2007
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
337,162 17,879
Countries
Country
Russia
Major Cities
Country Name Population Status Lat / Long
Russia Petropavloski-Kamchatskiy 250,000 to 500,000 Provincial capital 53.2° N / 158.72° E

Infrastructure

Airports
Name Type Elevation (Ft.) Link Lat / Long
YELIZOVO Active civil airport 00131 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=UHPP 53.17° N / 158.45° E
Nuclear Power Plants
Name Country Number of Reactors Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.      

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Urban 685 0.06
Rural 240,915 22
Not classified 836,498 78
MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Open Shrublands 189,336 79
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest 14,499 6
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest 9,697 4
Savannas 10,410 4
Woody Savannas 4,888 2
Grasslands 4,500 1.9
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated 3,282 1.4
Mixed Forests 1,449 0.6
Closed Shrublands 789 0.3
Permanent Wetlands 615 0.3
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest 456 0.2
Unclassified 534 0.2
Croplands 92 0.04
Urban and Built-Up 51 0.02
Snow and Ice 51 0.02
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic 9 0
Elevation (meters)
(land only)
Minimum Maximum Average
-3 4,578 418
Average Temperature (degrees C)
  May Jun Jul
low -1.9 3.0 6.9
high 4.9 10.7 13.8
Average Precipitation
  May Jun Jul
mm/day 1.4 1.5 2.1
Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)
Station Name Observation Time (UTC) Temp (F) Wind Speed (MPH) Wind Direction Sky Condition Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.            

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