M 4.5 in Japan on 11 Sep 2016 03:22 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: 42.87 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4944 , 141.6746
Event Date: 11 Sep 2016 03:22 UTC
11 Sep 2016 12:22 Local
Exposed Population:
233566 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10006nrq
Inserted at: 11 Sep 2016 03:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006nrq 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
1139582 0 11 Sep 2016 03:22 4.5M, 42.87km N/A 230 thousand (in 100km) 00:20 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 Kiyohashi, Oragahama, Onaba, Futaba, Namie, Kayahama, Odaka, Tomioka, Onoda, Bogoya, and Koyamada.

Radius Population
100 km 630000 people
75 km 110000 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
Kiyohashi Fukushima Japan Village - 58 km
Oragahama Fukushima Japan Village - 58 km
Onaba Fukushima Japan Village - 59 km
Futaba Fukushima Japan Village - 59 km
Namie Fukushima Japan Village 22000 people 60 km
Kayahama Fukushima Japan Village - 60 km
Odaka Fukushima Japan Village - 61 km
Tomioka Fukushima Japan Village - 61 km
Onoda Fukushima Japan Village - 62 km
Bogoya Fukushima Japan Village - 62 km
Takahira Fukushima Japan Village - 63 km
Kariyado Fukushima Japan Village - 63 km
Minami-Ibi Fukushima Japan Village - 63 km
Takatsudo Fukushima Japan Village - 63 km
Kami-Shigeoka Fukushima Japan Village - 63 km
Okuma Fukushima Japan Village - 64 km
Ide Fukushima Japan Village - 64 km
Ogawara Fukushima Japan Village - 64 km
Nakanouchi Fukushima Japan Village - 65 km
Naraha Fukushima Japan Village - 65 km
Shimo-Kitabo Fukushima Japan Village - 66 km
Kashima Fukushima Japan Village - 66 km
Haramachi Fukushima Japan Village 47000 people 67 km
Isobe Fukushima Japan Village - 67 km
Kita-Nagano Fukushima Japan Village - 68 km
Kami-Asamigawa Fukushima Japan Village - 68 km
Sekimori Fukushima Japan Village - 69 km
Koyamada Fukushima Japan Village - 70 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
Sendai SDJ 5 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Soma JPSMA Japan 73 km
Onahama JPONA Japan 92 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Sakashita Sakashita Okawaragawa 1973 66 km
Yokokawa Yokokawa Otagawa 1983 69 km
Ogaki Ogaki Ukedogawa 1985 70 km
Takanokura Takanokura Mizunashigawa 1975 71 km
Tamanotameike Tamano Udagawa 1945 88 km

Nuclear plants

Name Country Reactors Distance
FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI JAPAN 6 57 km
FUKUSHIMA-DAINI JAPAN 4 60 km

More information

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