Overall Green Earthquake in Japan on 01 Jan 2024 07:06 UTC

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M 5.5 in Japan on 01 Jan 2024 07:06 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1408623
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.5067 , 137.2389
Event Date:	01 Jan 2024 07:06 UTC 01 Jan 2024 16:06 Local
Exposed Population:	1 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	01 Jan 2024 07:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000m0xj	Scaled population (raster)	2.06
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.57

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Latest media headlines

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Japan: New Year's Eve earthquake death toll with 242 missing, 92 dead 1/5/2024 7:06:00 AM.

Europe 1 with AFP 06:57, 05 January 2024 At least 242 people were missing Friday in central Japan where rescuers continued to search for survivors in the rubble, nearly four days after the powerful New Year's Eve earthquake killed at least

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Japan quake death toll rises to 92, missing 242 1/5/2024 7:04:00 AM.

Anamizu (Japan) (AFP) The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Japan rose to 92 on Friday, regional authorities said, with the number of missing jumping to 242. Two elderly women were pulled from the rubble, but hopes of find

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Chinese TV Host Celebrates Japan Earthquake as ‘Retribution’ for Fukus.. 1/5/2024 7:02:00 AM.

A Chinese television news anchor described Japan's deadly earthquake as a “comeuppance” and “retribution” for releasing Fukushima wastewater. ......

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),

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