Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 26 Jul 2020 14:11 UTC

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M 4.6 in Japan on 26 Jul 2020 14:11 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	27.1866 , 129.1777
Event Date:	26 Jul 2020 14:11 UTC 26 Jul 2020 23:11 Local
Exposed Population:	About 45000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000b4ed
Inserted at:	26 Jul 2020 14:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000b4ed	Scaled population (vector)	4.28
	C1 earthquake	0.73
	C2 earthquake	-0.22
	Country Vulnerability	-0.71
	INFORM_normalised	0.57

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1323448		0	26 Jul 2020 14:11	4.6M, 10km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)		00:46	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 Kunigami, Wadomari, Nishibaru, Degi, Kinen, Furusalo, Meteku, Isen, Tamajiro, Kenfuku, and Sankyo.

Radius	Population
100 km	46000 people
75 km	36000 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
Kunigami	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	55 km
Wadomari	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Nishibaru	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Degi	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Kinen	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Furusalo	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Meteku	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Isen	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Tamajiro	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	59 km
Kenfuku	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	59 km
Yaja	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Akamine	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Kuronuki	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Omo	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	61 km
China	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Bane	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Kametsu	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Shiroi	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Kametoku	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Yaesao	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Kinoko	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Kamijiro	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	64 km
Itokina	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Tokuwase	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Sakibaru	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Shimajiri	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Koshima	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Tamina	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Nishiakina	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Sankyo	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	68 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
Okierabu	OKE	31	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	54 km
Tokunoshima	TKN	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	78 km
Yoron	RNJ	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	78 km

More information

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