Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 26 Jan 2017 08:06 UTC

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M 5 in Japan on 26 Jan 2017 08:06 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:	5.0M
Depth:	37.02 Km
Lat/Lon:	40.2406 , 142.4549
Event Date:	26 Jan 2017 08:06 UTC 26 Jan 2017 17:06 Local
Exposed Population:	140000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007vh4
Inserted at:	26 Jan 2017 08:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
us10007vh4	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1155237		0.1	26 Jan 2017 08:06	5M, 37.02km	N/A	140 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 Kosode, Fudai, Minami-Samuraihama, Kuki, Ojiri, Shiromae, Honnami, Kuji, Horinai, Kita-Samuraihama, and Kiurinai.

Radius	Population
100 km	140000 people
75 km	22000 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
Hokkaido	Japan	5.8 million people
Kanto	Japan	38.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kosode	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	52 km
Fudai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Minami-Samuraihama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Kuki	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Ojiri	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Shiromae	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Honnami	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Kuji	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Horinai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Kita-Samuraihama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Noda	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Noda-Tamagawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Minato	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Shimanokoe	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Tamagawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Shimanokoshi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Torii	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Uge	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Kudschi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Ube	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Sunasawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	59 km
Nei	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	59 km
Kiriushi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	59 km
Yagi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Hirananamisawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Omoto	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Hataketa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Hamaiwaizumi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Okuzo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Hagyu	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Mikkamachi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Taneichi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Tamagawa	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Otomo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Futatsuya	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Shimo-Gonya	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Kawadai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Tetsuzan	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Okubo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Hanjoshi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Numafukuro	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Kami-Tokusari	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Nakasato	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Miyamoto	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Settai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Shima-Tokusari	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Akamatatsu	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Kawasiri	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Aonotaki	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Muroba	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Akedo	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Takasuka	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Motomura	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Kawajiri	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Tsunagi	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Denkiani	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Tetsuzan	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Kadonohama	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Kiurinai	Iwate	Japan	Village	-	69 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Fudai		Japan	52 km
Miyako	JPMYK	Japan	80 km

More information

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