Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 12 Jul 2016 18:53 UTC

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M 4.5 in Japan on 12 Jul 2016 18:53 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:	4.5M
Depth:	15.5 Km
Lat/Lon:	42.3739 , 139.2139
Event Date:	12 Jul 2016 18:53 UTC 13 Jul 2016 03:53 Local
Exposed Population:	About 86678 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000631l
Inserted at:	12 Jul 2016 21:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000631l	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
1133693		0	12 Jul 2016 18:53	4.5M, 15.5km	N/A	90 thousand (in 100km)		02:42	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 Hokkaido (population 5,808,054) .

Radius	Population
100 km	87000 people
75 km	27000 people
50 km	4600 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

	Country	Region Province	Population
	Japan	Hokkaido	5.8 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
Okushiri	OIR	unknown					30 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Okushiri Island	Japan	30 km
Esasi Ko	Japan	91 km
Suttsu	Japan	98 km

More information

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