M 5.9 in Japan on 24 Jun 2020 19:47 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: 5.9M
Depth: 29.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.4725 , 141.112
Event Date: 24 Jun 2020 19:47 UTC
25 Jun 2020 04:47 Local
Exposed Population: About 55000 people in MMI
3440000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000aabt
Inserted at: 26 Jun 2020 15:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000aabt Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1317508 0 24 Jun 2020 19:47 5.9M, 25.42km 4.26 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 NEIC
1317512 0 24 Jun 2020 19:47 5.9M, 29.5km 4.89 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 19:55 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 Kanto (population 6,207) . 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 1317508 35.454/141.138 5.9 25.4 4.508 24 Jun 2020 20:07 00:19 (new episode)
2 0 1317508 35.454/141.138 5.9 25.4 4.263 24 Jun 2020 20:26 00:39 (upd of #1)
3 0 1317512 35.472/141.112 5.9 29.5 4.585 24 Jun 2020 20:43 00:55 (new episode)
4 0 1317512 35.456/141.151 5.9 29.3 4.434 24 Jun 2020 20:59 01:11 (upd of #3)
5 0 1317512 35.456/141.151 5.9 29.3 4.777 24 Jun 2020 21:52 02:04 (upd of #4)
6 0 1317512 35.456/141.151 5.9 29.3 4.855 25 Jun 2020 20:01 1d 00:13 (upd of #5)
7 0 1317512 35.452/141.127 5.9 28.9 4.894 26 Jun 2020 15:43 1d 19:55 (upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kanto Japan 6200 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Inuwaka Chiba Japan Village - 34 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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