M 5.3 in Japan on 15 Aug 2016 07:04 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: 5.3M
Depth: 32.71 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4138 , 141.7413
Event Date: 15 Aug 2016 07:04 UTC
15 Aug 2016 16:04 Local
Exposed Population: 120000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10006dvd
Inserted at: 15 Aug 2016 07:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006dvd 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
1136732 0 15 Aug 2016 07:04 5.6M, 28.3km N/A 120 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
1136734 0 15 Aug 2016 07:04 5.3M, 32.71km 3.82 130 thousand (in 100km) 00:43 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 Oragahama, Kiyohashi, Futaba, Tomioka, Onaba, Bogoya, Namie, Kami-Shigeoka, Ide, Onoda, and Kami-Asamigawa.

Radius Population
100 km 460000 people
75 km 63000 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
Chubu Japan 5.2 million people
Hokkaido Japan 5.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Oragahama Fukushima Japan Village - 63 km
Kiyohashi Fukushima Japan Village - 64 km
Futaba Fukushima Japan Village - 65 km
Tomioka Fukushima Japan Village - 65 km
Onaba Fukushima Japan Village - 66 km
Bogoya Fukushima Japan Village - 66 km
Namie Fukushima Japan Village 22000 people 66 km
Kami-Shigeoka Fukushima Japan Village - 67 km
Ide Fukushima Japan Village - 67 km
Onoda Fukushima Japan Village - 68 km
Takatsudo Fukushima Japan Village - 68 km
Naraha Fukushima Japan Village - 68 km
Odaka Fukushima Japan Village - 68 km
Shimo-Kitabo Fukushima Japan Village - 69 km
Kayahama Fukushima Japan Village - 69 km
Okuma Fukushima Japan Village - 69 km
Ogawara Fukushima Japan Village - 69 km
Kariyado Fukushima Japan Village - 70 km
Kami-Asamigawa Fukushima Japan Village - 70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Soma JPSMA Japan 83 km
Onahama JPONA Japan 91 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Sakashita Sakashita Okawaragawa 1973 71 km
Ogaki Ogaki Ukedogawa 1985 77 km
Yokokawa Yokokawa Otagawa 1983 77 km
Takanokura Takanokura Mizunashigawa 1975 79 km
Tamanotameike Tamano Udagawa 1945 97 km

Nuclear plants

Name Country Reactors Distance
FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI JAPAN 6 63 km
FUKUSHIMA-DAINI JAPAN 4 64 km

More information

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