M 6 in Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan on 22 May 2022 15:17 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: 6.0M
Depth: 12 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.2279 , 141.4121
Event Date: 22 May 2022 15:17 UTC
23 May 2022 00:17 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000hn4d
Inserted at: 29 May 2022 14:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000hn4d 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
1444608 0 22 May 2022 15:17 6M, 16.84km 3.19 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 NEIC
1445750 0 22 May 2022 15:17 6M, 12km 3.15 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 6d 23:28 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 1444608 33.242/141.451 6.0 16.8 3.461 22 May 2022 15:40 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1444608 33.242/141.451 6.0 16.8 3.211 22 May 2022 15:49 00:31 (upd of #1)
3 0 1444608 33.229/141.455 6.0 15.8 3.193 22 May 2022 16:23 01:06 (upd of #2)
4 0 1444608 33.229/141.455 6.0 15.8 3.193 22 May 2022 17:23 02:06 (upd of #3)
5 0 1444608 33.229/141.455 6.0 15.8 3.193 23 May 2022 15:40 1d 00:22 (upd of #4)
6 0 1444608 33.229/141.455 6.0 15.8 3.193 23 May 2022 18:40 1d 03:22 (upd of #5)
7 0 1445750 33.228/141.412 6.0 12.0 3.153 30 May 2022 06:50 7d 15:32 (new episode)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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