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M 6.2 in Japan on 05 May 2023 05:42 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	6.2M
Depth:	8.712 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.5402 , 137.3053
Event Date:	05 May 2023 05:42 UTC 05 May 2023 14:42 Local
Exposed Population:	10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000k9mb
Inserted at:	05 May 2023 05:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us6000k9mb	Scaled population (raster)	2.42	Max wave alert	0.09m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.09m
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.57

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1504057		0	05 May 2023 05:42	6.2M, 8.712km	6.7	3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:00)	00:17	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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Japan ,of Chubu (population 5,172,046) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	2700 people
	29000 people
	62000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chubu	Japan	1100 people
Chubu	Japan	19000 people
Chubu	Japan	24000 people
Chubu	Japan	670000 people
Tohoku	Japan	46000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Noroshi	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	3 km
Orido	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	4 km
Otani	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	9 km
Shoin	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	11 km
Iida	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	12 km
Shimizu	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	18 km
Matsunami	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	21 km
Minado	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	22 km
Ushitsu	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	29 km
Ugatsuka	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	30 km
Soryo	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	33 km
Ukawa	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	38 km
Ichinosaka	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	46 km
Anamizu	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	50 km
Wajima	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	24000 people	50 km
Nozaki	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	52 km
Monzen	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	56 km
Wakura	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Onogi	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	57 km
Nakajima	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	58 km
Nanao	Ishikawa	Japan	City	45000 people	62 km
Tsurugiji	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	62 km
Tazuruhama	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	65 km
Tohama	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	67 km
Togi	Ishikawa	Japan	City	-	68 km
Kommachi	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	69 km
Tomari	Toyama	Japan	Village	-	70 km
Kurobe	Toyama	Japan	Village	36000 people	71 km
Mikkaichi	Toyama	Japan	Village	-	75 km
Takahama	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	76 km
Tokumaru	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	78 km
Himi	Toyama	Japan	City	54000 people	81 km
Uozu	Toyama	Japan	City	45000 people	81 km
Taniya	Toyama	Japan	Village	-	82 km
Hakui	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	24000 people	86 km
Fushiki	Toyama	Japan	City	-	86 km
Yokata	Toyama	Japan	Village	-	88 km
Shikinami	Ishikawa	Japan	Village	-	90 km
Takaoka	Toyama	Japan	City	170000 people	92 km
Naoetsu	Niigata	Japan	Village	-	93 km
Toyama	Toyama	Japan	Major city	320000 people	95 km
Dosokohama	Niigata	Japan	Village	-	97 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Noto		218				0	41 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Iida		Japan	12 km
Wajima		Japan	27 km
Wajima	JPWJM	Japan	49 km
Nanao	JPNNO	Japan	62 km
Fushiki	JPFSK	Japan	86 km
Toyahashi		Japan	87 km
Toyama Shinko	JPTOS	Japan	87 km
Toyama	JPTOY	Japan	88 km

Nuclear plants

Intensity	Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
	SHIKA	JAPAN	2	74 km

More information

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