M 5.1 in Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan on 10 Sep 2014 01:09 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: 5.1M
Depth: 75.44 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.12 , 141.87
Event Date: 10 Sep 2014 01:09 UTC
10 Sep 2014 10:09 Local
Exposed Population:
1392489 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 10 Sep 2014 01:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.8 0
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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1059910 0 10 Sep 2014 01:09 5.1M, 75.44km N/A 1.4 million (in 100km) 00:20 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 Tohoku (population 9,984,608) . The nearest places are Morioka, and Kuki.

Radius Population
100 km 1.4 million people
75 km 720000 people
50 km 160000 people
20 km 47000 people
10 km 11000 people
5 km 3700 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Tohoku Japan 10 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kuki Iwate Japan Village - 3 km
Morioka Iwate Japan Major city 290000 people 77 km

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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
Hachinohe HHE 46 Mil. Paved Yes 7300 59 km
Ippongibara 304 72 km
Misawa Naf MSJ 36 Mil. Paved Yes 10000 77 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Fudai Japan 15 km
Hachinohe JPHHE Japan 53 km
Miyako JPMYK Japan 54 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Setsukinaidamuko Setsukinai Setsukinaigawa 1986 32 km
Yukiyagawa Yukiyagawa Yukiyagawa 1976 36 km

More information

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