Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 28 Jan 2017 18:28 UTC

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M 4.6 in Japan on 28 Jan 2017 18:28 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

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:	4.6M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	40.2657 , 142.2825
Event Date:	28 Jan 2017 18:28 UTC 29 Jan 2017 03:28 Local
Exposed Population:	400000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007vyg
Inserted at:	28 Jan 2017 19:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007vyg	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1155545		0	28 Jan 2017 18:28	4.6M, 48.65km	N/A	400 thousand (in 100km)		00:44	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 Japan , Region of Tohoku (population 9,984,608) . The nearest places are Kosode, Minami-Samuraihama, Kuki, Ojiri, Shiromae, Honnami, Kuji, Fudai, Kita-Samuraihama, Minato, and Nagakura.

Radius	Population
100 km	400000 people
75 km	77000 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
Tohoku	Japan	10 million people
Hokkaido	Japan	5.8 million people
Kanto	Japan	38.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kosode	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	39 km
Minami-Samuraihama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	39 km
Kuki	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	40 km
Ojiri	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	40 km
Shiromae	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	40 km
Honnami	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	41 km
Kuji	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	41 km
Fudai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	42 km
Kita-Samuraihama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	42 km
Minato	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	42 km
Noda	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Horinai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Noda-Tamagawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Tamagawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	44 km
Uge	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	44 km
Kudschi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	45 km
Sunasawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	45 km
Ube	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	45 km
Torii	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Shimanokoe	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Nei	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Yagi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Hataketa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Shimanokoshi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Okuzo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Mikkamachi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	49 km
Kiriushi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	49 km
Taneichi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	49 km
Tamagawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	49 km
Hirananamisawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	50 km
Hagyu	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	50 km
Futatsuya	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	51 km
Kawadai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	51 km
Shimo-Gonya	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	51 km
Hamaiwaizumi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	52 km
Okubo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	52 km
Shima-Tokusari	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Omoto	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Kami-Tokusari	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Hanjoshi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Akamatatsu	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Kawasiri	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Akedo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Tetsuzan	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Otomo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Numafukuro	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Tsunagi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Motomura	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Tetsuzan	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Takasuka	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Kawajiri	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Muroba	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Kiurinai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Denkiani	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Miyamoto	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Nakasato	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Ono	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Kadonohama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Sekiguchi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Settai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Jonai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Uwano	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	59 km
Okkoshi	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	59 km
Aonotaki	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	59 km
Oguni	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Take	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Shimohata	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Honden	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Iwaizumi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Seki	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Mimigahoe	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Odaira	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Sasawatari	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Kanahama	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Okuki	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Kawai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Sukinosawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Toyabe	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Taro	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Takashizu	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Ushigasawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Hinosawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Matakubo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Nishoishi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Ishinohachi	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Kogarumai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Tsunogaraori	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Nobokir	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Furusato	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Sakamoto	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Mashikonai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Matsubashi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Ko-Tashiro	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Shirahama	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Kaneyamasawa	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Nikarube	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Tashiro	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Kado	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Machibatake	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Anazawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Hachinohe	HHE	46	Mil.	Paved	Yes	7300	78 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Fudai		Japan	41 km
Hachinohe	JPHHE	Japan	70 km
Miyako	JPMYK	Japan	73 km
Yamada		Japan	92 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Yukiyagawa	Yukiyagawa	Yukiyagawa	1976	66 km
Setsukinaidamuko	Setsukinai	Setsukinaigawa	1986	69 km

More information

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