Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 08 Dec 2016 08:15 UTC

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M 4.6 in Japan on 08 Dec 2016 08:15 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:	4.6M
Depth:	6.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.4173 , 141.5831
Event Date:	08 Dec 2016 08:15 UTC 08 Dec 2016 17:15 Local
Exposed Population:	422701 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20007z3w
Inserted at:	08 Dec 2016 08:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20007z3w	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
1149585		0	08 Dec 2016 08:15	4.6M, 6.7km	N/A	420 thousand (in 100km)		00:32	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 Sakashiuchi.

Radius	Population
100 km	760000 people
75 km	260000 people
50 km	<1000 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	-	49 km
Kiyohashi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	51 km
Futaba	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	51 km
Tomioka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	52 km
Onaba	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	52 km
Bogoya	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	52 km
Namie	Fukushima	Japan	Village	22000 people	53 km
Kami-Shigeoka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Ide	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Onoda	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Takatsudo	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Naraha	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Odaka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Okuma	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Ogawara	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Shimo-Kitabo	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Kayahama	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Kariyado	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Kami-Asamigawa	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Nakanouchi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Takahira	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Minami-Ibi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Yotsukura	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Arayashik	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Gomaisawa	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Haramachi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	47000 people	61 km
Sekimori	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Hokidaira	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Otojiro	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Kashima	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Kita-Nagano	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Tetsuzan	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Hirusone	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Isobe	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Dozan	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Kodeya	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Koyamada	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Odashiro	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Omori	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Jikenjo	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Shimo-Kawauchi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Uzugawa	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Ohana	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Umekawa	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Tachiya	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Oyama	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Shajigami	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Aratame	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Kashiwabara	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Suketsune	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Nakayama	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Kunugidaira	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Okubo	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Kami-Kawauchi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Sakashiuchi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	70 km

see full list

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	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Soma	JPSMA	Japan	72 km
Onahama	JPONA	Japan	80 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Sakashita	Sakashita	Okawaragawa	1973	57 km
Ogaki	Ogaki	Ukedogawa	1985	63 km
Yokokawa	Yokokawa	Otagawa	1983	63 km
Takanokura	Takanokura	Mizunashigawa	1975	66 km
Tamanotameike	Tamano	Udagawa	1945	84 km
Takashibako	Takashiba	Samekawa	1961	91 km
Shitokiko	Shitoki	Shitokigawa	1983	95 km
Bobatako	Sengozawa	Kitasugawa	1974	100 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI	JAPAN	6	49 km
FUKUSHIMA-DAINI	JAPAN	4	50 km

More information

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