M 5.6 in Japan on 02 Apr 2014 23:22 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 1028826
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 55.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.1955 , 141.7657
Event Date: 02 Apr 2014 23:22 UTC
03 Apr 2014 08:22 Local
Exposed Population:
1902662 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Apr 2014 23:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

West Coast lawmakers seek funding for earthquake early warning system 4/3/2014 7:52:00 PM.

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Report says Hanford nuclear waste capsules at risk 4/3/2014 7:05:00 PM.

Nearly 2,000 capsules containing radioactive waste at Hanford should be moved because of earthquake danger.
Celebrities join Habitat for Humanity Youth BUILD 2014 to support Asia.. 4/3/2014 10:44:00 AM.

Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. More than 15,000 young people to build homes and communities; 100,000 to raise awareness of substandard housing issues through social network
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Celebrities Join Habitat for Humanity Youth BUILD 2014 to Support Asia.. 4/3/2014 7:29:00 AM.

More than 15,000 young people to build homes and communities; 100,000 to raise awareness of substandard housing issues through social networksBangkok, Apr 3, 2014 - (ACN Newswire) - Celebrities fro...

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),