M 5.6 in Japan on 05 Oct 2021 17:46 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: 5.6M
Depth: 53.46 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.0811 , 142.223
Event Date: 05 Oct 2021 17:46 UTC
06 Oct 2021 02:46 Local
Exposed Population: About 98000 people in MMI
790 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000frzg
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2021 16:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000frzg Scaled population (raster) 5.41  
  C1 earthquake 0.73  
  C2 earthquake -0.22  
  Country Vulnerability -0.71  
  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
1400474 0 05 Oct 2021 17:46 5.6M, 53.46km 4.83 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 12d 22:28 NEIC
1400633 0 05 Oct 2021 17:46 5.7M, 44.77km 4.99 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 12d 22:26 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 Tohoku (population 59,531) . 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 1400474 40.081/142.223 5.6 53.5 3.771 05 Oct 2021 18:23 00:37 (new episode)
2 0 1400474 40.081/142.223 5.6 53.5 3.771 05 Oct 2021 18:45 00:59 (upd of #1)
3 0 1400633 40.081/142.223 5.6 53.5 4.833 05 Oct 2021 19:51 02:05 (new episode)
4 0 1400633 40.076/142.253 5.7 44.8 4.993 06 Oct 2021 17:51 1d 00:05 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Tohoku Japan 60000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Fudai Iwate Japan Village - 29 km
Shimanokoe Iwate Japan Village - 31 km
Noda-Tamagawa Iwate Japan Village - 34 km
Omoto Iwate Japan Village - 35 km
Noda Iwate Japan Village - 37 km
Kuji Iwate Japan Village - 39 km
Settai Iwate Japan Village - 40 km
Kudschi Iwate Japan Village - 42 km
Taro Iwate Japan Village - 45 km
Mikkamachi Iwate Japan Village - 45 km
Uge Iwate Japan Village - 48 km
Futatsuya Iwate Japan Village - 51 km
Taneichi Iwate Japan Village - 55 km
Akedo Iwate Japan Village - 56 km
Ono Iwate Japan Village - 58 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Fudai Japan 27 km

More information

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