M 5.5 in Japan on 28 Jan 2020 01:36 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: 78.99 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.558 , 145.9487
Event Date: 28 Jan 2020 01:36 UTC
28 Jan 2020 11:36 Local
Exposed Population: About 97000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60007huu
Inserted at: 29 Jan 2020 01:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (Russia)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Russia= 4.6; Japan= 1.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60007huu Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1292852 0 28 Jan 2020 01:36 5.5M, 78.99km 4.14 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 Hokkaido (population 1,221) . 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 1292852 43.558/145.949 5.5 79.0 4.137 28 Jan 2020 01:52 00:16 (new episode)
2 0 1292852 43.558/145.949 5.5 79.0 4.137 28 Jan 2020 02:01 00:25 (upd of #1)
3 0 1292852 43.558/145.949 5.5 79.0 4.137 28 Jan 2020 03:39 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1292852 43.558/145.949 5.5 79.0 4.137 29 Jan 2020 01:39 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Hokkaido Japan 1200 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Aitomari Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 11 km
Kitaura Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 13 km
Nishimae Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 17 km
Hikiushi Hokkaido Japan Village - 29 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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