Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 23 Nov 2016 21:23 UTC

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M 5.6 in Japan on 23 Nov 2016 21:23 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.2451 , 141.2964
Event Date:	23 Nov 2016 21:23 UTC 24 Nov 2016 06:23 Local
Exposed Population:	860000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007bwb
Inserted at:	23 Nov 2016 21:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007bwb	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
1148007		0	23 Nov 2016 21:23	5.6M, 10km	5.16	870 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 Tohoku (population 2,115) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	2300 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1148007	37.245/141.296	5.6	10	5.16	23 Nov 2016 21:46	00:22	(new episode)
	2	0	1148007	37.245/141.296	5.6	10	5.16	23 Nov 2016 23:28	02:04	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tohoku	Japan	2100 people
Tohoku	Japan	1.4 million people
Kanto	Japan	580000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tomioka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	27 km
Yotsukura	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	29 km
Namie	Fukushima	Japan	Village	22000 people	38 km
Taira	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	40 km
Mishima	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	41 km
Ena	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Odaka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	44 km
Sakashiuchi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	45 km
Furumichi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	49 km
Onahama	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	49 km
Haramachi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	47000 people	51 km
Otsu	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Kammata	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Kashima	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Kami-misaka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Ueda	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	61 km
Kami-ogoe	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Tokiwa	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	61 km
Funahiki	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Tamokami	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Nakumura	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	70 km
Isohara	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	71 km
Ishikawa	Fukushima	Japan	Village	18000 people	75 km
Kitakubo	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	77 km
Koriyama	Fukushima	Japan	City	320000 people	81 km
Sakamoto	Miyagi	Japan	Village	-	81 km
Kawaziri	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	85 km
Nihommatsu	Fukushima	Japan	Village	36000 people	85 km
Matsukawa	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	87 km
Hanagama	Miyagi	Japan	Village	-	87 km
Marumori	Miyagi	Japan	Village	17000 people	88 km
Yamashita	Miyagi	Japan	Village	-	89 km
Yanagawa	Fukushima	Japan	Village	20000 people	91 km
Fukusaima	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	91 km
Hobara	Fukushima	Japan	Village	24000 people	91 km
Arahama	Miyagi	Japan	Village	-	95 km
Kakuda	Miyagi	Japan	Village	33000 people	96 km
Watari	Miyagi	Japan	Village	36000 people	96 km
Ogawara	Miyagi	Japan	Village	23000 people	101 km
Iinosaka	Miyagi	Japan	Village	-	106 km
Uritsura	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	112 km
Sugaya	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	114 km
Iida	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	119 km

see full list

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
	Fukushima	FKS	372	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	77 km
	Sendai	SDJ	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	105 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Onahama	JPONA	Japan	48 km
	Soma	JPSMA	Japan	72 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Sakashita	Sakashita	Okawaragawa	1973	35 km
Ogaki	Ogaki	Ukedogawa	1985	48 km
Yokokawa	Yokokawa	Otagawa	1983	52 km
Takanokura	Takanokura	Mizunashigawa	1975	56 km
Takashibako	Takashiba	Samekawa	1961	59 km
Shitokiko	Shitoki	Shitokigawa	1983	64 km

More information

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