M 4.5 in Japan on 28 Jul 2014 08:05 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: 4.5M
Depth: 20.75 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.74 , 139.33
Event Date: 28 Jul 2014 08:05 UTC
28 Jul 2014 17:05 Local
Exposed Population:
12826325 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2014 08:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1056255 0 28 Jul 2014 08:05 4.5M, 20.75km N/A 12.8 million (in 100km) 00:48 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 , Region of Chubu (population 5,172,046) . The nearest places are Shizuoka, Yokohama, Motomura, and Motomachi.

Radius Population
100 km 12.8 million people
75 km 4.1 million people
50 km 320000 people
20 km 10000 people
10 km 7800 people
5 km 5100 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Chubu Japan 5.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Motomura Shizuoka Japan Village - 3 km
Motomachi Shizuoka Japan Village - 3 km
Yokohama Kanagawa Japan Major city 3.6 million people 85 km
Shizuoka Shizuoka Japan Major city 700000 people 90 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Oshima OIM 40 Civ. Paved Yes 3900 5 km
29 42 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Oshima JPOSM Japan 3 km
Shimoda JPSMD Japan 35 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Matsukawako Okuno Itookawa 1989 32 km

More information

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