M 4.6 in Japan on 06 Jul 2017 01:14 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: 8.56 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.5479 , 141.9066
Event Date: 06 Jul 2017 01:14 UTC
06 Jul 2017 10:14 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000973w
Inserted at: 06 Jul 2017 01:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000973w 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1172844 0 06 Jul 2017 01:14 4.6M, 8.56km N/A No people affected (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 Kanto (population 38,543,000) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no 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
Kanto Japan 38.5 million people
Chubu Japan 5.2 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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