Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 26 Sep 2016 05:19 UTC

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M 6 in Japan on 26 Sep 2016 05:19 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:	6.0M
Depth:	40.25 Km
Lat/Lon:	27.4708 , 128.5599
Event Date:	26 Sep 2016 05:19 UTC 26 Sep 2016 14:19 Local
Exposed Population:	About 13000 people in MMI About 54000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006sp7
Inserted at:	26 Sep 2016 05:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006sp7	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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
1141200		0	26 Sep 2016 05:19	6M, 40.25km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	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 ,of Kyushu (population 15,340) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1141200	27.471/128.56	6	40.25	26 Sep 2016 05:42	00:22	(new episode)
2	1141200	27.471/128.56	6	40.25	26 Sep 2016 07:21	02:01	(upd of #1)
3	1141200	27.471/128.56	6	40.25	07 Nov 2016 06:52	42d 01:32	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Kyushu	Japan	15000 people
	Okinawa	Japan	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tamina	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	10 km
Wadomari	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	13 km
Kunigami	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	14 km
China	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	16 km
Isen	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Itokina	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Setaki	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Ashito	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	50 km
Okamae	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Kametsu	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	53 km
Tana	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	73 km
Hedo	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	74 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	15 km
Yoron	RNJ	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	49 km
Tokunoshima	TKN	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	51 km

More information

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