M 4.7 in Timor Region on 26 Aug 2014 23:58 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 1038718
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 31.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.19 , 125.8
Event Date: 26 Aug 2014 23:58 UTC
27 Aug 2014 08:58 Local
Exposed Population:
973857 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Aug 2014 00:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0
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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 268 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Les Japonais appelés à stocker du PQFri, 29 Aug 2014 14:46:00 +0200.

Les survivalistes, les paranoïaques ou les gens très prudents font des stocks pour faire face à une éventuelle catastrophe ou guerre nucléaire. Des pâtes, de l'eau, des conserves... Au Japon, le gouvernement demande à ses citoyens de faire
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Japaner sollen Klopapier hortenFri, 29 Aug 2014 14:33:00 +0200.

Die japanische Regierung hat die Bevölkerung zum Horten von Toilettenpapier aufgerufen, um für mögliche Naturkatastrophen gewappnet zu sein. "Bereiten Sie sich vor, um später nichts bereuen zu müssen", hieß es in einer vom Industrieminister
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Japan govt calls on citizens to stockpile toilet paperFri, 29 Aug 2014 14:14:00 +0200.

TOKYO The Japanese government is calling on its citizens to prepare for the worst-case scenario, should a major disaster hit the quake-prone archipelago: Stockpile toilet paper. The industry ministry has launched a public awareness campaign
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Japan urges citizens to be prepared - by stockpiling toilet rollsFri, 29 Aug 2014 14:10:00 +0200.

TOKYO - The Japanese government is calling on its citizens to be prepared for the worst-case scenario should a major disaster hit the quake-prone archipelago -- by stockpiling toilet paper.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),