M 6.5 in Japan on 11 Jul 2014 19:22 UTC

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: 6.5M
Depth: 11.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.064 , 142.3647
Event Date: 11 Jul 2014 19:22 UTC
12 Jul 2014 04:22 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 11 Jul 2014 20:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.2 0.5
Scaled population (vector) Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake Max wave realtime 0.18m  
  C2 earthquake      
  Country Vulnerability      
  INFORM_normalised      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1055153 0.5 11 Jul 2014 19:22 6.6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.2m (at 00:38) 00:08 GEOFON
1055155 0.5 11 Jul 2014 19:21 6.8M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.2m (at 00:54) 00:10 NEIC
1055158 0.2 11 Jul 2014 19:22 6.8M, 13.26km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.2m (at 00:46) 00:20 NEIC
1055161 0.5 11 Jul 2014 19:22 6.5M, 11.07km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.2m (at 00:38) 00:50 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
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1055161 37.064/142.365 6.5 11.07 0 17 Oct 2016 10:03 828d 14:41 (new episode)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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