Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan from 14 Oct 2002 14:12 UTC to 14:12

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M 5.6 in Japan from 14 Oct 2002 14:12 UTC to 14:12

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:	5.6M
Depth:	57.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	41.34 , 142.06
Event Date:	14 Oct 2002 14:12 UTC
Exposed Population:	About 72030 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Jan 1900 00:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		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
481		0	14 Oct 2002 14:12	5.6M, 57.9km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		-14:-12	NEIC
482		0.4	14 Oct 2002 14:12	5.7M, 0km	N/A	470 thousand (in 100km)		-14:-12	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 Tohoku (population 9,984,608) . The nearest places are Shiriya, Shikkari, Sarugamori, Kodanosawa, Tomari, Mena, Chikagawa, and Dedo.

Radius	Population
100 km	72000 people
75 km	2200 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
Tohoku	Japan	10 million people
Hokkaido	Japan	5.8 million people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	730000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Shiriya	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	52 km
Shikkari	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	54 km
Sarugamori	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Kodanosawa	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Tomari	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	63 km
Mena	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Chikagawa	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Dedo	Aomori	Japan	Village	-	68 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Ominato	JPOMT	Japan	74 km

More information

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