M 5.7 in Japan from 01 Oct 2022 15:02 UTC to 15:02

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: 5.7M
Depth: 28.327 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.3215 , 131.4569
Event Date: 01 Oct 2022 15:02 UTC
02 Oct 2022 00:02 Local
Exposed Population: About 6000 people in MMI
30 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us6000iq08
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2022 15:27 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
us6000iq08 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  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
1465333 0 01 Oct 2022 15:02 5.7M, 28.327km 5.05 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:24 NEIC
1465890 0 01 Oct 2022 15:02 5.7M, 22.775km 5.15 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 3d 00:09 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 Kyushu (population 57,687) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
25000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kyushu Japan 63000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Miyanoura Miyazaki Japan Village - 13 km
Honjo Miyazaki Japan Village - 22 km
Meitsu Miyazaki Japan Village - 24 km
Kushima Miyazaki Japan Village 22000 people 29 km
Aburatsu Miyazaki Japan Village - 29 km
Shibushi Kagoshima Japan City 18000 people 38 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
Aburatsu JPABU Japan 28 km
Shibushi JPSBS Japan 37 km

More information

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