Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 16 Nov 2017 09:43 UTC

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M 5.8 in Japan on 16 Nov 2017 09:43 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:	5.8M
Depth:	70.95 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.1859 , 140.5468
Event Date:	16 Nov 2017 09:43 UTC 16 Nov 2017 18:43 Local
Exposed Population:	About 100 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000bpkq
Inserted at:	16 Nov 2017 10:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000bpkq	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1187907		0	16 Nov 2017 09:43	5.8M, 70.95km	3.67	Few people (in 100km)		00:30	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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1187907	32.186/140.547	5.8	70.95	3.67	16 Nov 2017 10:15	00:32	(new episode)
	2	0	1187907	32.186/140.547	5.8	70.95	3.67	16 Nov 2017 11:46	02:03	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Aogashima	Shizuoka	Japan	Village	-	80 km
Mitsune	Shizuoka	Japan	City	-	124 km
Sato	Shizuoka	Japan	Village	-	209 km
Ako	Shizuoka	Japan	Village	-	232 km
Okubo	Shizuoka	Japan	Village	-	234 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Hachijo Jima	HAC	92	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	126 km
	Miyake Jima	MYE	20	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	229 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Aoga Island	Japan	78 km
Yaene	Japan	124 km
Tori Island	Japan	192 km
Mikura	Japan	205 km
Miyake	Japan	229 km

More information

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