M 5.6 in Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan on 18 May 2022 03:52 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 12.97 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.3383 , 141.3833
Event Date: 18 May 2022 03:52 UTC
18 May 2022 12:52 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000hlxg
Inserted at: 18 May 2022 04:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000hlxg Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1443845 0 18 May 2022 03:52 5.6M, 12.97km 2.93 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1443845 33.338/141.383 5.6 13.0 3.104 18 May 2022 04:17 00:25 (new episode)
2 0 1443845 33.338/141.383 5.6 13.0 2.865 18 May 2022 04:28 00:35 (upd of #1)
3 0 1443845 33.338/141.383 5.6 13.0 2.953 18 May 2022 05:58 02:05 (upd of #2)
4 0 1443845 33.315/141.423 5.6 13.0 2.933 18 May 2022 22:40 18:47 (upd of #3)
5 0 1443845 33.315/141.423 5.6 13.0 2.933 19 May 2022 04:40 1d 00:47 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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