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Green Shaking Alert M 6.1, NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, Origin Time: Fri 2016-11-11 21:42:59 UTC (21:42:59 local) PAGER o o Location: 38.50 N 141.57 E Depth: 42 km Version 5 Created: 6 weeks, 6 days after earthquake Estimated Fatalities Green alert for shaking-related fatalities Estimated Economic Losses and economic losses. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage. 68% 65%

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1 100 10,000 1 100 10,000 10 1,000 100,000 10 1,000 100,000 Fatalities USD (Millions) Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking ESTIMATED POPULATION - -* 10,140k* 6,454k 372k 0 0 0 0 0 EXPOSURE (k = x1000) ESTIMATED MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY PERCEIVED SHAKING Not felt Weak Light Moderate Strong Very Strong Severe Violent Extreme

Resistant none none none V. Light Light Moderate Moderate/Heavy Heavy V. Heavy POTENTIAL Structures DAMAGE Vulnerable Structures none none none Light Moderate Moderate/Heavy Heavy V. Heavy V. Heavy *Estimated exposure only includes population within the map area. Population Exposure population per ~1 sq. km from Landscan Structures: Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are resistant to earthquake 139°E 141°E 143°E shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.

Historical (with MMI levels): Date Dist. Mag. Max Shaking (UTC) (km) MMI(#) Deaths TennoTennoTenno 1978-06-12 56 5.7 V(281k) 0 AkitaAkita ShiShi -shiMorioka-shi Morioka-shiMorioka-shi 1980-09-23 321 5.3 V(12,718k) 1 KakudateKakudate OmagariOmagari YamadaYamadaYamada 1983-05-26 305 7.7 VII(174k) 104 HanamakiHanamaki OtsuchiOtsuchi YokoteYokoteYokote Recent earthquakes in this area have caused YokoteYokoteYokote KitakamiKitakami KamaishiKamaishi III secondary hazards such as landslides and YuzawaYuzawaYuzawa MizusawaMizusawa OfunatoOfunato fires that might have contributed to losses. YuzaYuzaYuza 39°N SakataSakata IchinosekiIchinosekiIchinoseki

TsuruokaTsuruoka ObanazawaObanazawaFurukawaFurukawa HigashineHigashine IshinomakiIshinomakiIshinomaki TendoTendo -shiSendai-shi Selected City Exposure MurakamiMurakami Sendai-shiSendai-shi from GeoNames.org KaminoyamaKaminoyama IwanumaIwanumaIwanuma IwanumaIwanumaIwanuma MMI City Population TakahataTakahataTakahataShiroishiShiroishiShiroishi IVIVIV 38°N -shiNiigata-shi YonezawaYonezawaMarumoriMarumori YanagawaYanagawaYanagawa V Yamoto 32k NiitsuNiitsu MakiMakiNiitsuNiitsu -shiFukushima-shi MakiMaki GosenGosen Fukushima-shiFukushima-shi V 18k TsubameTsubameSanjoTsubameSanjo KitakataKitakata NihommatsuNihommatsu NagaokaNagaoka MotomiyaMotomiya V Furukawa 76k NagaokaNagaoka KoriyamaKoriyama KoriyamaKoriyama IIIIIIIIIIII V 117k OjiyaOjiya SukagawaSukagawa V Kogota 20k TokamachiTokamachiTokamachi IshikawaIshikawaIshikawa MuikamachiMuikamachi IwakiIwakiIwaki V 16k KuroisoKuroiso 37°N OtawaraOtawara IV Sendai-shi 1,038k YaitaYaitaYaita YaitaYaitaYaita DaigoDaigo KitaibarakiKitaibaraki NumataNumata km IV Shi 326k NumataNumata -shiUtsunomiya-shi Utsunomiya-shiUtsunomiya-shi IV Niigata-shi 505k ShibukawaShibukawaShibukawa MashikoMashiko FunaishikawaFunaishikawaFunaishikawa 0Maebashi-shiMaebashi-shi50 100Mito-shiMito-shi III -shi 298k AnnakaAnnaka OtaOta YukiYuki Mito-shiMito-shi TomiokaTomiokaTomioka KodamaKodamaHanyuHanyu TsukubaTsukuba III Utsunomiya-shi 450k PAGER content is automatically generated, and only considers losses due to structural damage. bold cities appear on map (k = x1000) Limitations of input data, shaking estimates, and loss models may add uncertainty. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000770m Event ID: us1000770m