Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 30 Dec 2016 20:08 UTC

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M 5.5 in Japan on 30 Dec 2016 20:08 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:	5.5M
Depth:	11.94 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.3973 , 141.4103
Event Date:	30 Dec 2016 20:08 UTC 31 Dec 2016 05:08 Local
Exposed Population:	680000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007ntd
Inserted at:	30 Dec 2016 20:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007ntd	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1152450		0	30 Dec 2016 20:08	5.5M, 11.94km	N/A	690 thousand (in 100km)		00:18	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 ,of Tohoku (population 653,330) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1152450	37.397/141.41	5.5	11.94	30 Dec 2016 20:28	00:20	(new episode)
2	1152450	37.397/141.41	5.5	11.94	30 Dec 2016 22:13	02:05	(upd of #1)
3	1152450	37.397/141.41	5.5	11.94	08 Feb 2017 07:16	39d 11:08	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Tohoku	Japan	650000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tomioka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	36 km
Namie	Fukushima	Japan	Village	22000 people	38 km
Odaka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	41 km
Yotsukura	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Haramachi	Fukushima	Japan	Village	47000 people	48 km
Kashima	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	51 km
Mishima	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Taira	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	58 km
Nakumura	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Ena	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Onahama	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	68 km
Sakamoto	Miyagi	Japan	Village	-	72 km
Ueda	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	79 km
Yamashita	Miyagi	Japan	Village	-	80 km
Watari	Miyagi	Japan	Village	36000 people	86 km
Kakuda	Miyagi	Japan	Village	33000 people	87 km
Iinosaka	Miyagi	Japan	Village	-	95 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Sendai	SDJ	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	93 km
	Kasuminome		5				0	102 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Soma	JPSMA	Japan	62 km
	Onahama	JPONA	Japan	68 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Sakashita	Sakashita	Okawaragawa	1973	41 km
Ogaki	Ogaki	Ukedogawa	1985	49 km
Yokokawa	Yokokawa	Otagawa	1983	50 km
Takanokura	Takanokura	Mizunashigawa	1975	53 km

More information

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