M 5.6 in Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan on 02 Jan 2020 18:23 UTC
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: 5.6M
Depth: 32.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.8319 , 141.2779
Event Date: 02 Jan 2020 18:23 UTC
03 Jan 2020 03:23 Local
Exposed Population: 2320000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70006ttf
Inserted at: 03 Jan 2020 18:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006ttf 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
1288570 0 02 Jan 2020 18:23 5.6M, 32.2km 4.09 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:04 NEIC
1288935 0 02 Jan 2020 18:23 5.6M, 17.05km 4.54 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 3d 01:22 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 unknowed a zone. 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 1288570 35.832/141.278 5.6 32.2 3.72 02 Jan 2020 18:56 00:32 (new episode)
2 0 1288570 35.832/141.278 5.6 32.2 3.734 02 Jan 2020 20:28 02:04 (upd of #1)
3 0 1288570 35.832/141.278 5.6 32.2 4.089 03 Jan 2020 18:28 1d 00:04 (upd of #2)
4 0 1288935 35.803/141.134 5.6 17.1 4.539 05 Jan 2020 19:46 3d 01:22 (new episode)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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