M 4.5 in Japan on 12 Jan 2015 23:51 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: 4.5M
Depth: 55.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.4441 , 131.0491
Event Date: 12 Jan 2015 23:51 UTC
13 Jan 2015 08:51 Local
Exposed Population:
2504628 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 13 Jan 2015 01:20 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 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
1069331 0 12 Jan 2015 23:51 4.5M, 55.8km N/A 2.5 million (in 100km) 01:28 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 Kyushu (population 13,296,000) . The nearest places are Kagoshima, and Karijuku.

Radius Population
100 km 2.5 million people
75 km 2.1 million people
50 km 840000 people
20 km 170000 people
10 km 49000 people
5 km 18000 people
2 km 4700 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Kyushu Japan 13.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Karijuku Kagoshima Japan Village - 5 km
Kagoshima Kagoshima Japan Major city 550000 people 49 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
Kanoya 65 Civ. Paved Yes 7300 22 km
Kagoshima KOJ 276 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 51 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Shibushi JPSBS Japan 6 km
Aburatsu JPABU Japan 37 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Osumiko Takakuma Kushiragawa 1968 20 km

More information

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