M 5 in Japan on 17 Mar 2020 15:10 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: 5.0M
Depth: 227.14 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.3613 , 138.3071
Event Date: 17 Mar 2020 15:10 UTC
18 Mar 2020 00:10 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60008h6c
Inserted at: 17 Mar 2020 15:27 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
us60008h6c Scaled population (vector) 2.12  
  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
1301038 0 17 Mar 2020 15:10 5M, 227.14km N/A 1 thousand (in 100km) 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 1300 people
75 km no 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
Tohoku Japan 10 million people
Primorskiy kray Russian Federation -
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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