Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 08 Sep 2016 11:00 UTC

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M 4.9 in Japan on 08 Sep 2016 11:00 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:	4.9M
Depth:	25.05 Km
Lat/Lon:	27.8135 , 129.8697
Event Date:	08 Sep 2016 11:00 UTC 08 Sep 2016 20:00 Local
Exposed Population:	About 84085 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006n09
Inserted at:	08 Sep 2016 11:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006n09	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
1139337		0	08 Sep 2016 11:00	4.9M, 25.05km	N/A	80 thousand (in 100km)		00:29	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 Kyushu (population 13,296,000) . The nearest places are Uekatsu, Araki, Urabaru, Aden, Akatsure, Somachi, Aoku, Tokuhama, Nakazato, and Ikenma.

Radius	Population
100 km	84000 people
75 km	42000 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
Kyushu	Japan	13.3 million people
Okinawa	Japan	1.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Uekatsu	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Araki	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Urabaru	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Aden	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Akatsure	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Somachi	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Aoku	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Tokuhama	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Nakazato	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Ikenma	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	61 km

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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
Kikai		6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	56 km
Amami O Shima	ASJ	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	70 km

More information

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