M 6 in Japan on 25 Feb 2023 13:27 UTC

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: 6.0M
Depth: 50.181 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.7801 , 145.0736
Event Date: 25 Feb 2023 13:27 UTC
25 Feb 2023 22:27 Local
Exposed Population: 2 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us6000jrjl
Inserted at: 25 Feb 2023 14:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000jrjl Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1492097 0 25 Feb 2023 13:27 6.1M, 42.866km 4.76 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:18 NEIC
1492114 0 25 Feb 2023 13:27 6M, 50.181km 4.63 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:48 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 , Region of Hokkaido (population 73) . The nearest places are Mo-chirippu, Kiritappu, Akkeshi, Shinryu, Atoega, Itoizawa, Monshizu, Oboro, Hamanaka, Moraito, and Bekkai.

Radius Population
100 km 310000 people
75 km 240000 people
50 km 19000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Hokkaido Japan <1000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Mo-chirippu Hokkaido Japan Village - 28 km
Kiritappu Hokkaido Japan Village - 33 km
Akkeshi Hokkaido Japan Village - 33 km
Shinryu Hokkaido Japan Village - 35 km
Atoega Hokkaido Japan Village - 37 km
Itoizawa Hokkaido Japan Village - 38 km
Monshizu Hokkaido Japan Village - 38 km
Oboro Hokkaido Japan Village - 40 km
Hamanaka Hokkaido Japan Village - 41 km
Moraito Hokkaido Japan Village - 44 km
Kami-oboro Hokkaido Japan Village - 47 km
Kumaushi Hokkaido Japan Village - 48 km
Kombumori Hokkaido Japan Village - 48 km
Futakobe Hokkaido Japan Village - 50 km
Atsutoko Hokkaido Japan Village - 51 km
Higashigosen Hokkaido Japan Village - 52 km
Yamagata-dantai Hokkaido Japan Village - 54 km
Svetloye Hokkaido Japan Village - 56 km
Takkomu Hokkaido Japan Village - 58 km
Naka-chambetsu Hokkaido Japan Village - 58 km
Karikan Hokkaido Japan Village - 58 km
Kushiro Hokkaido Japan City 23000 people 60 km
Fushiko-tobuto Hokkaido Japan Village - 63 km
Kami-nishibetsu Hokkaido Japan Village - 65 km
Nishi-wada Hokkaido Japan Village - 66 km
Gojikkoku Hokkaido Japan Village - 66 km
Nishibetsu Hokkaido Japan Village - 68 km
Shibecha Hokkaido Japan Village - 69 km
Bekkai Hokkaido Japan Village - 69 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Kushiro KUH 95 Civ. Paved Yes 7500 78 km
Nakashibetsu SHB 65 Civ. Paved Yes 6500 89 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Akkeshi JPAKE Japan 33 km
Kushiro JPKUH Japan 62 km
Hanasaki Japan 69 km
Nemuro JPNEM Japan 73 km

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