M 5.1 Off-shore on 18 Jan 2003 19:50 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: 33 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.94 , 137.14
Event Date: 18 Jan 2003 19:50 UTC
Exposed Population:
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 01 Jan 1900 00:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
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
1190 0.5 18 Jan 2003 19:50 5.1M, 33km N/A No people affected (in 100km) -19:-50 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 Kinki (population 22,207,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 1.9 million people
75 km 270000 people
50 km 46000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Japan Kinki 22.2 million people
Japan Chubu 5.2 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
6 76 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Toba JPTOB Japan 62 km
Ise JPISE Japan 70 km

More information

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