Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 27 Feb 2016 15:37 UTC

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M 4.8 in Japan on 27 Feb 2016 15:37 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:	4.8M
Depth:	23.77 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.9364 , 142.5653
Event Date:	27 Feb 2016 15:37 UTC 28 Feb 2016 01:37 Local
Exposed Population:	344970 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	27 Feb 2016 17:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1120768		0.1	27 Feb 2016 15:37	4.8M, 23.77km	N/A	340 thousand (in 100km)		01:46	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 Shirahama, Sakihama, Oishi, Nonomae, Koishihama, Okubo, Heida, Kojirahama, Shimo-Horei, Urahama, and Funakoshi.

Radius	Population
100 km	160000 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	no 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
Kanto	Japan	38.5 million people
Hokkaido	Japan	5.8 million people
Chubu	Japan	5.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Shirahama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Sakihama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Oishi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Nonomae	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Koishihama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Okubo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Heida	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Kojirahama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Shimo-Horei	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Urahama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Kami-Heida	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Okkirai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Ryori	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Kamaishi	Iwate	Japan	City	42000 people	65 km
Hongo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Hakozaki	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Attari	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Anto	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Ryoishi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Koyatori	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Nagasaki	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Kirikiri	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Unozumai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Oura	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Tatamiishi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Sukuiso	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Funakoshi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	70 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kamaishi	JPKIS	Japan	65 km
Ofunato	JPOFT	Japan	71 km
Yamada		Japan	73 km
Miyako	JPMYK	Japan	88 km

More information

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