Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 04 Jan 2017 17:53 UTC

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M 5.6 in Japan on 04 Jan 2017 17:53 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.1333 , 141.3411
Event Date:	04 Jan 2017 17:53 UTC 05 Jan 2017 02:53 Local
Exposed Population:	720000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007py4
Inserted at:	04 Jan 2017 18:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.4		0.4
us10007py4	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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
1152972		0.4	04 Jan 2017 17:53	5.6M, 10km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:12	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 ,of Tohoku (population 431,296) . 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	1152972	37.133/141.341	5.6	10	04 Jan 2017 18:07	00:14	(new episode)
2	1152972	37.133/141.341	5.6	10	04 Jan 2017 19:58	02:05	(upd of #1)
3	1152972	37.133/141.341	5.6	10	08 Feb 2017 07:21	34d 13:28	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Tohoku	Japan	430000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Yotsukura	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	31 km
Tomioka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	37 km
Taira	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	38 km
Ena	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	39 km
Mishima	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	42 km
Onahama	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	45 km
Namie	Fukushima	Japan	Village	22000 people	50 km
Odaka	Fukushima	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Ueda	Fukushima	Japan	City	-	57 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Onahama	JPONA	Japan	44 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Sakashita	Sakashita	Okawaragawa	1973	45 km

More information

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