Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 29 Apr 2017 12:32 UTC

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M 5.7 in Japan on 29 Apr 2017 12:32 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:	5.7M
Depth:	21.39 Km
Lat/Lon:	30.8134 , 131.4291
Event Date:	29 Apr 2017 12:32 UTC 29 Apr 2017 21:32 Local
Exposed Population:	320000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008m0g
Inserted at:	29 Apr 2017 12:54 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
us10008m0g	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
1165841		0.4	29 Apr 2017 12:32	5.7M, 21.39km	4.37	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	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 Kyushu (population 15,604) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1165841	30.813/131.429	5.7	21.39	4.03	29 Apr 2017 12:54	00:21	(new episode)
	2	0	1165841	30.813/131.429	5.7	21.39	4.37	29 Apr 2017 14:34	02:02	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Kyushu	Japan	200000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kunigami	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	38 km
Anjo	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	42 km
Nishinoomote	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	18000 people	43 km
Sumiyoshi	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	48 km
Noma	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Higashi	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	60 km
Hirayama	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Miyanoura	Miyazaki	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Nakamura	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	66 km
Shimama	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	68 km
Oriikuno	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Honjo	Miyazaki	Japan	Village	-	70 km
Koyama	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	75 km
Baba	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	76 km
O-nejime	Kagoshima	Japan	City	-	77 km
Karijuku	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	79 km
Shibushi	Kagoshima	Japan	City	18000 people	79 km
Kanoya	Kagoshima	Japan	City	82000 people	84 km

see full list

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
Nishinoomote	IIN	unknown				0	38 km
Tanegashima	TNE	97	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	55 km
Kanoya		65	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7300	83 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Shibushi	JPSBS	Japan	78 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Saikyo	Saikyo	Matanobugawa	1984	39 km

More information

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