M 5.9 in Japan on 23 Jun 2016 21:05 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: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.6145 , 123.3857
Event Date: 23 Jun 2016 21:05 UTC
24 Jun 2016 05:05 Local
Exposed Population:
About 3036 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us200066bv
Inserted at: 23 Jun 2016 21:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200066bv 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
1131912 0 23 Jun 2016 21:05 5.9M, 10km 4.15 3 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 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 3000 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

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 64 km
Iriomote Jima 12 89 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Irionote Island Japan 90 km

More information

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