M 6.7 in Japan from 16 Feb 2015 23:06 UTC to 23:06

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: 6.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.75 , 143.33
Event Date: 16 Feb 2015 23:06 UTC
17 Feb 2015 09:06 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: GEOFON gfz2015dhuw
Inserted at: 16 Feb 2015 23:12 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
GEOFON 0 1 0.5
gfz2015dhuw Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.32m  
  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
1071927 0.5 16 Feb 2015 23:06 6.7M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.3m (at 00:28) 00:06 GEOFON
1071929 0.6 16 Feb 2015 23:06 6.9M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.6m (at 00:45) 00:08 USGS
1071930 0.6 16 Feb 2015 23:06 6.9M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.6m (at 00:45) 00:09 NEIC
1071935 0.6 16 Feb 2015 23:06 6.9M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.6m (at 00:45) 00:12 NEIC
1071938 0.6 16 Feb 2015 23:06 6.9M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0.6m (at 00:45) 00:13 USGS
1071942 0.5 16 Feb 2015 23:06 6.8M, 10km 5.42 160 thousand (in 100km) 0.3m (at 00:28) 00:22 NEIC
1071947 0.4 16 Feb 2015 23:06 6.7M, 23km 5.42 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.2m (at 00:25) 01:42 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 Tohoku (population 9,984,608) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Tohoku Japan 10 million people
Hokkaido Japan 5.8 million people
Kanto Japan 38.5 million people
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation 730000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.