Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan from 11 Mar 2014 20:04 UTC to 20:04

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M 4.9 in Japan from 11 Mar 2014 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:	4.9M
Depth:	86.89 Km
Lat/Lon:	35.7334 , 139.9898
Event Date:	11 Mar 2014 20:04 UTC 12 Mar 2014 05:04 Local
Exposed Population:	39270268 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	11 Mar 2014 20:46 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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1043522		0	11 Mar 2014 20:04	4.9M, 86.89km	N/A	39.3 million (in 100km)		00:41	NEIC
1043597		0.3	11 Mar 2014 20:04	5M, 63.22km	N/A	38.9 million (in 100km)		19:30	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 Kanto (population 38,543,000) . The nearest places are Funabashi, Kamagaya, Ichikawa, Matsudo, Omori, Abiko, Tokyo, Chiba, Chiba-nyutaun, Fukawa, and Mito.

Radius	Population
100 km	40.2 million people
75 km	36.4 million people
50 km	26.1 million people
20 km	6.9 million people
10 km	2.1 million people
5 km	610000 people
2 km	77000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kanto	Japan	38.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Funabashi	Chiba	Japan	City	560000 people	4 km
Kamagaya	Chiba	Japan	City	110000 people	4 km
Ichikawa	Chiba	Japan	City	460000 people	6 km
Matsudo	Chiba	Japan	City	460000 people	8 km
Omori	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	16 km
Abiko	Chiba	Japan	City	130000 people	16 km
Tokyo	Tokyo	Japan	Capital	8.1 million people	17 km
Chiba	Chiba	Japan	Major city	920000 people	19 km
Chiba-nyutaun	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	19 km
Fukawa	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	21 km
Yoshikawa	Saitama	Japan	Village	60000 people	22 km
Sakura	Chiba	Japan	City	180000 people	22 km
Fujishiro	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	33000 people	24 km
Goi	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	24 km
Noda	Chiba	Japan	City	120000 people	26 km
Ryugasaki	Chiba	Japan	Village	85000 people	27 km
Obari	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	27 km
Ryugaski	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	27 km
Kami-aoki	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	27 km
Golanda	Tokyo	Japan	Village	-	28 km
Ushiku	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	79000 people	29 km
Anegasaki	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	30 km
Kami-Naganuma	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	31 km
Asagaya	Tokyo	Japan	Village	-	31 km
Oyama	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	33 km
Hinosawa	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	33 km
Yatabe	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	33 km
Jikkoku	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	34 km
Kawasaki	Kanagawa	Japan	Major city	1.3 million people	35 km
Namegawa	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	35 km
Narita	Chiba	Japan	City	100000 people	35 km
Wakaguri	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	36 km
Hojubana	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	36 km
Hoshubana	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	36 km
Arakawa-Oki	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	37 km
Shimana	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	37 km
Ikku	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	37 km
Matate	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	38 km
Oami	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	38 km
Goka	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	38 km
Katayama	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	38 km
Edosaki	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	21000 people	38 km
Omiya	Saitama	Japan	City	440000 people	39 km
Kisarazu	Chiba	Japan	City	120000 people	39 km
Kami-Hirooka	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	39 km
Ino	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	39 km
Ushiku	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	40 km
Naruto	Chiba	Japan	City	22000 people	40 km
Chofu	Tokyo	Japan	City	200000 people	41 km
Togane	Chiba	Japan	Village	55000 people	41 km
Toshima	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	41 km
Kamigo	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	42 km
Kansaki	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	42 km
Kihara	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	42 km
Oigo	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	42 km
Tsuruma	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Ishige	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	25000 people	43 km
Kutsukake	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Koda	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Saheita-Shinden	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Uruido	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	43 km
Tako	Chiba	Japan	City	-	43 km
Sakura	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	44 km
Sekiyado	Chiba	Japan	Village	30000 people	44 km
Mobara	Chiba	Japan	City	96000 people	44 km
Chonan	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	44 km
Yaida	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	44 km
Sakai	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	26000 people	44 km
Yokohama	Kanagawa	Japan	Major city	3.6 million people	45 km
Yokoshiba	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	45 km
Kodaira	Tokyo	Japan	City	190000 people	45 km
Kimitsu	Chiba	Japan	Village	92000 people	46 km
Oyama	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Sairaoka	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Yoshinuma	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Sakihama	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Ozone	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Hirakata	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Doyobu	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Hinokuchi	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Kokubunai	Tokyo	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Fujisawa	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Kuki	Saitama	Japan	Village	72000 people	47 km
Higashi-Murayama	Tokyo	Japan	Village	-	47 km
Zodo	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	47 km
Tsotuma K	Tokyo	Japan	Village	-	47 km
Kobari-Shinjika	Saitama	Japan	Village	-	47 km
Katakai	Chiba	Japan	City	-	47 km
Nakanuki	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Hasunuma	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Tsukazaki	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Oda	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Hiratsuka	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Ochikawa	Tokyo	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Sawabe	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	49 km
Numakage	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	49 km
Bessho	Kanagawa	Japan	Village	-	49 km
Hikago	Kanagawa	Japan	Village	-	50 km
Futtso	Chiba	Japan	Village	-	50 km
Hojo	Ibaraki	Japan	Village	-	50 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
Shimofusa		30	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7300	7 km
Shimoshizu		30				0	17 km
Ryugasaki South		2				0	27 km
Tokyo Haneda International	HND	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	28 km
Ryugasaki		2				0	30 km
Chiba-ken		19				0	35 km
Tokyo Narita International	NRT	42	Civ.	Paved	Yes	13100	36 km
Kisarazu		3	Mil.	Paved	Yes	6000	38 km
		26				0	38 km
Chofu		41	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	43 km
Yokohama	YOK	unknown				0	44 km
Honda		12				0	50 km
Tachikawa		95				0	54 km
Iruma		91	Mil.	Paved	Yes	6500	54 km
Atsugi	NJA	62	Mil.	Paved	Yes	7900	58 km
Yokota AFB	OKO	139	Mil.	Paved	Yes	11000	58 km
Katsner AAF		109	Civ.	Paved	No	1900	59 km
Hyakuri		32	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8800	63 km
Onishi		20				0	72 km
Shimo Kolzumi		30				0	80 km
Suzumenomiya		82				0	83 km
Tateyama		3				0	84 km
Utsunomiya	QUT	102	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5500	87 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Katunan Ko		Japan	7 km
Anegasaki	JPANE	Japan	17 km
Chiba	JPCHB	Japan	18 km
Ogasawara	JPOGA	Japan	19 km
Tokyo	JPTYO	Japan	21 km
Goi	JPGOI	Japan	25 km
Kawasaki	JPKWS	Japan	31 km
Kisarazu	JPKZU	Japan	39 km
Yokohama	JPYOK	Japan	44 km
Neghisi	JPNGI	Japan	49 km
Yokosuka	JPYOS	Japan	58 km
Kurihama	JPKRH	Japan	64 km
Kashima	JPKSM	Japan	67 km
Katsuura Ko		Japan	72 km
Choshi	JPCHO	Japan	76 km
Tateyama	JPTTY	Japan	84 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Yamakura	Yamakura	Yamakuragawa	1964	30 km
Takatakiko	Takataki	Yorogawa	1990	44 km
Kori	Kori	Korigawa	1972	49 km
Miyukiko	Gongendochosetsuchi	Nakagawa	1991	49 km
Tamako	Murayamashimo	Tamagawa	2008	50 km
Tamako	Murayamakami	Tamagawa	1924	52 km
Sayamako	Yamaguchi	Tamagawa	2002	52 km
Kasumigaura	Kasumigaura-Kaihatsu	Tonegawa	1995	53 km
Kameyamako	Kameyama	Obitsugawa	1980	57 km
Yanakako	Wataraseyusuichi	Watarasegawa	1989	59 km
Miyazawako	Miyazawatameike	Koazegawa	1941	62 km
Tsukuiko	Shiroyama	Sagamigawa	1964	66 km
Sakuma	Sakuma	Okuzuregawa	1990	68 km
Miyagaseko	Miyagase	Nakatsugawa	2001	71 km
Sagamiko	Sagami	Sagamigawa	1947	73 km
Naguriko	Arima	Arimagawa	1985	75 km
Jajanboike	Kozogawa	Kozogawa	1985	85 km
Okutamako	Ogohchi	Tamagawa	1957	85 km
Ono	Ono	Yatagawa	1914	85 km
Iizumishusuizeki	Iizumishusuizeki	Sakawagawa	1973	91 km
Tanzawako	Miho	Kawauchigawa	1978	93 km
Kannako	Shimokubo	Kannagawa	1968	98 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
TOKAI	JAPAN	3	98 km

More information

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