M 4.5 in Japan on 25 Oct 2020 15:13 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: 146.88 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.1957 , 139.9839
Event Date: 25 Oct 2020 15:13 UTC
26 Oct 2020 00:13 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000cd0n
Inserted at: 25 Oct 2020 16:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000cd0n Scaled population (vector) -0.4  
  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
1339647 0 25 Oct 2020 15:13 4.5M, 146.88km N/A Few people (in 100km) 01:00 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 Chubu (population 5,172,046) .

Radius Population
100 km <1000 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
Chubu Japan 5.2 million people
Kanto Japan 38.5 million people
Kinki Japan 22.2 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Tori Island Japan 87 km

More information

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