M 5.8 in Japan on 17 May 2018 18:42 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: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.6758 , 145.6026
Event Date: 17 May 2018 18:42 UTC
18 May 2018 04:42 Local
Exposed Population: About 64000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000e7fh
Inserted at: 17 May 2018 19:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000e7fh Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1210979 0 17 May 2018 18:42 5.8M, 10km 4.5 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 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 Hokkaido (population 5,808,054) . The nearest places are Kiritappu, Mo-chirippu, Svetloye, Moraito, Nishi-wada, Hamanaka, and Atsutoko.

Radius Population
100 km 64000 people
75 km 39000 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
Hokkaido Japan 5.8 million people
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people
Tohoku Japan 10 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kiritappu Hokkaido Japan Village - 60 km
Mo-chirippu Hokkaido Japan Village - 60 km
Svetloye Hokkaido Japan Village - 62 km
Moraito Hokkaido Japan Village - 63 km
Nishi-wada Hokkaido Japan Village - 66 km
Hamanaka Hokkaido Japan Village - 67 km
Atsutoko Hokkaido Japan Village - 67 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Hanasaki Japan 67 km
Nemuro JPNEM Japan 72 km
Akkeshi JPAKE Japan 72 km

More information

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