M 5.2 in Japan from 18 Jan 2019 20:04 UTC to 20:04

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: 5.2M
Depth: 47.86 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.8192 , 142.3703
Event Date: 18 Jan 2019 20:04 UTC
19 Jan 2019 05:04 Local
Exposed Population:
480000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000j61y
Inserted at: 18 Jan 2019 20:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000j61y Scaled population (vector) 4.75  
  C1 earthquake 0.73  
  C2 earthquake -0.22  
  Country Vulnerability -0.71  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1245559 0 18 Jan 2019 20:04 5.2M, 47.86km N/A 480 thousand (in 100km) 00:15 NEIC
1245615 0 18 Jan 2019 20:04 4.9M, 39.2km N/A 450 thousand (in 100km) 21:08 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 480000 people
75 km 21000 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Tohoku Japan 10 million people
Hokkaido Japan 5.8 million people
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people
Kanto Japan 38.5 million people

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 82 km
Misawa Naf MSJ 36 Mil. Paved Yes 10000 85 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Hachinohe JPHHE Japan 76 km
Fudai Japan 98 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Yukiyagawa Yukiyagawa Yukiyagawa 1976 93 km

More information

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