M 5 in Japan on 13 May 2020 05:56 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: 189.56 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.7565 , 138.9832
Event Date: 13 May 2020 05:56 UTC
13 May 2020 14:56 Local
Exposed Population:
About 19000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70009f6e
Inserted at: 16 May 2020 15:12 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
us70009f6e Scaled population (vector) 3.33  
  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
1310088 0 13 May 2020 05:56 5.2M, 199.96km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:17 NEIC
1310758 0 13 May 2020 05:56 5M, 189.56km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 3d 09:15 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 20000 people
75 km <1000 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
Khabarovskiy kray Russian Federation -

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
Okushiri OIR unknown 0 79 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Okushiri Island Japan 79 km

More information

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