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Novosibirsk Region earthquake 6/19

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Moderate earthquake in the greater Novosibirsk region, Russia – Hundreds of houses damaged

Last update: June 19, 2013 at 2:39 pm by By

Update 14:31 UTC : As expected, many buildings in the epicenter area were damaged. Early reports mentioned a total number of at least 500 damaged houses, some of them with collapsed walls. Other reports say that at least 5000 chimneys were destroyed by the quake. Many people left their houses, some of them due to the fear of a imminent stronger quake, which was spreaded by local TV agencies, and some of them because of the destruction. The total damage is estimated to 150 mio rubles.
Due to this damage, this earthquake has been categorized ad CATDAT Orange

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Image courtesy and copyright Lentanew.ru

Update 04:25 UTC : The work in local coal mines was stopped after the earthquake to check whether there is any damage in the underground.

Update 00:20 UTC : Ministry of Emergency Situations is currently making an assessment in the epicenter area. The have not reported any damage or injuries so far, but ER does expect at least minor damage in a radius of 10 to 20 km around the epicenter.

Update 00:09 UTC : After a search in the historical damage database, we could not find any damaging historical earthquakes in the epicenter area, a good sign !

Update 23:56 UTC : No specific information so far in the Russian press. Certainly no more than what our readers are telling here. RAS has no report on the earthquake yet.

Update 23:48 UTC : As can be seen on the map below, no historic important earthquakes in the region since 1900. The epicenter is however below soft soil (farming fields). Soft soil is known as dangerous for earthquake waves. It will take a number of hours, normally until daylight, to find out whether damage was inflicted.

Update 23:34 UTC : Earthquake-Report.com calls this earthquake moderately dangerous because it is close to populated locations and because of the shallow depth.
When you are one of the people who experienced this earthquake, please fill in the form behind “I Felt A (not Listed) Earthquake”. Thank you.
Если вы один из тех, кто испытал это землетрясение, пожалуйста, заполните форму позади “Я чувствовал (не указана) Землетрясение”. Спасибо.

Update 23:23 UTC : Preliminary Magnitude M5.3 at a depth of 9.8 km = moderately dangerous

Update 23:17 UTC  : No agency has reported the seismological data so far. We are following up every minute.

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  1. 3km (2mi) W of Starobachaty, Russia
  2. 5km (3mi) SSE of Bachatskiy, Russia
  3. 14km (9mi) ESE of Gur’yevsk, Russia
  4. 21km (13mi) SSW of Belovo, Russia
  5. 1048km (651mi) ENE of Astana, Kazakhstan

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 5.3

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-06-19 06:02:09

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-06-18 23:02:09

from:    http://earthquake-report.com/2013/06/18/moderate-earthquake-southwestern-siberia-russia-on-june-18-2013/

Siberia – Earthquake

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Very Strong earthquake in a sparsely populated Siberia area (Sakha Republic), Russia

Last update: February 14, 2013 at 4:20 pm by By

134km (83mi) WSW of Druzhina, Serbia
860km (534mi) NE of Markha, Russia
866km (538mi) NE of Yakutsk, Russia
979km (608mi) NNW of Magadan, Russia
2973km (1847mi) NNE of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 6.6

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-02-15 01:13:53

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-02-14 13:13:53

Depth (Hypocenter)  : 14 km

Update 15:07 UTC:
The Russian department of emergencies has said that NO damage and/or injuries were reported. The towns in the greater area (some very far away) have either not felt it or have no damage. Earthquake-report.com will continue to monitor the situation and will report if necessary.

Update 15:07 UTC: Let’s hope that the Russians are as good as the Chinese in making their assessment of the epicenter area. The chance that we will not find any reports from this area is rather high.

Update 14:45 UTC: More precise population data comes from GDACS. This confirms that with the new data (M6.6) , only very few people will have felt a very strong to strong shaking. Radius 20 to 75 km  : less than 1000 people. Within a 20 km radius : NO people

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Great image courtesy Yuri Klaver from a river bed near today’s epicenter. The bended geological layers are telling the history of this area.

Update 14:28 UTC: USGS has decreased the Magnitude to M6.6, a lot weaker than the initially reported M6.9

Update 14:16 UTC: So far, we have no information of any village or settlement in the surrounding area of the epicenter. That’s good. No village means no damage and no fatalities. But of course it is too early to be sure about it.
Chinese authorities are specifying this earthquake with M 7,3. But in this case we trust USGS data the most as the same magnitude is given by Geofon and EMSC.

Sineria February 14 earthquake 2013

No, this is not a painting which hangs in MOMA, but the river Indigirka crisscrossing the landscape in the greater epicenter area

Update 14:00 UTC: The closest larger town to the epicenter is Markha (11,000 inhabitants). It is located at 862 km southwest of the epicenter. The earthquake was probably not felt there. This shows how little people living in this area, what is a good sign.

Update 13:53 UTC: Based on theoretical models, 2.000 people will have felt a moderate shaking.

An M6.9 earthquake hit the northeastern part of Siberia today. USGS reports a depth of 10 km. Due to the shallow depth, USGS expects a very strong shaking (MMI VIII) close to the epicenter area. Luckily this area is unpopulated. Nevertheless, this earthquake should be extremely dangerous if people would live within an area of 50 km from the epicenter.
There are no towns  or villages with more than 1.000 inhabitants in the area of strong to very strong shaking, as USGS says.
ShakeMap Russia

for more information and updates, go to:    http://earthquake-report.com/2013/02/14/very-strong-earthquake-eastern-siberia-russia-on-february-14-2013/