M 4.7 in Japan from 06 May 2009 07:17 UTC to 07:17

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: 4.7M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.13 , 130.07
Event Date: 06 May 2009 07:17 UTC
06 May 2009 16:17 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: GEOFON
Inserted at: 06 May 2009 07:35 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
GEOFON 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
56827 0.5 06 May 2009 07:17 4.7M, 5km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:17 GEOFON
56828 0.5 06 May 2009 07:17 4.9M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:28 NEIC
56842 0.5 06 May 2009 07:17 4.9M, 29km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 10:09 EMSC
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 Kyushu (population 13,296,000) .

Radius Population
100 km no 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

Country Region Province Population
Japan Kyushu 13.3 million people
Japan Okinawa 1.2 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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