M 5.8 in Japan on 02 Jun 2024 21:31 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: 5.8M
Depth: 4.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4574 , 137.2389
Event Date: 02 Jun 2024 21:31 UTC
03 Jun 2024 06:31 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us7000mppu
Inserted at: 02 Jun 2024 21:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mppu Scaled population (raster) 2.78  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1574541 0 02 Jun 2024 21:31 5.8M, 4.8km 6.85 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:15 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
11000 people
24000 people
29000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Chubu Japan 9100 people
Chubu Japan 15000 people
Chubu Japan 19000 people
Chubu Japan 11000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Iida Ishikawa Japan Village - 3 km
Shoin Ishikawa Japan Village - 5 km
Otani Ishikawa Japan Village - 6 km
Orido Ishikawa Japan Village - 8 km
Noroshi Ishikawa Japan Village - 10 km
Shimizu Ishikawa Japan Village - 11 km
Matsunami Ishikawa Japan Village - 11 km
Minado Ishikawa Japan Village - 14 km
Ushitsu Ishikawa Japan Village - 18 km
Ugatsuka Ishikawa Japan Village - 19 km
Soryo Ishikawa Japan Village - 24 km
Ukawa Ishikawa Japan Village - 27 km
Ichinosaka Ishikawa Japan Village - 36 km
Anamizu Ishikawa Japan Village - 39 km
Nozaki Ishikawa Japan Village - 41 km
Wajima Ishikawa Japan Village 24000 people 41 km
Wakura Ishikawa Japan Village - 46 km
Nakajima Ishikawa Japan Village - 47 km

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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 31 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Iida Japan 4 km
Wajima Japan 19 km
Wajima JPWJM Japan 41 km

More information

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