M 6 in Japan on 01 Sep 2015 15:25 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: 6.0M
Depth: 11.33 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.1695 , 141.5987
Event Date: 01 Sep 2015 15:25 UTC
02 Sep 2015 00:25 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 01 Sep 2015 22:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1094318 0 01 Sep 2015 15:24 5.6M, 21.62km 2.64 No people affected (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
1094362 0 01 Sep 2015 15:25 5.6M, 12.55km 2.9 No people affected (in 100km) 01:37 NEIC
1094395 0 01 Sep 2015 15:25 6M, 11.33km 3.08 No people affected (in 100km) 06:49 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 Kanto (population 38,543,000) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Japan Kanto 38.5 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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