M 5.1 in Japan on 29 Feb 2016 19:47 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: 5.1M
Depth: 30.96 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8862 , 123.4146
Event Date: 29 Feb 2016 19:47 UTC
01 Mar 2016 03:47 Local
Exposed Population:
About 44674 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 29 Feb 2016 20:18 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
1120978 0 29 Feb 2016 19:47 5M, 25.46km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 00:15 NEIC
1120979 0 29 Feb 2016 19:47 5.1M, 30.96km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 00:30 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 Okinawa (population 1,242,315) .

Radius Population
100 km 45000 people
75 km 4700 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Japan Okinawa 1.2 million people

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
Hateruma HTR unknown 42 km
Iriomote Jima 12 62 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Irionote Island Japan 60 km
Ishigaki Japan 91 km
Ishigaki Island Japan 97 km

More information

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