M 4.9 in Japan on 29 Sep 2014 01:05 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 1040565
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 38.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.91 , 144.33
Event Date: 29 Sep 2014 01:05 UTC
29 Sep 2014 11:05 Local
Exposed Population:
About 10069 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Sep 2014 02:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 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: 301 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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West coast alarmed by false tsunami alertThu, 02 Oct 2014 23:20:00 +0200.

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Warning service to ceaseThu, 02 Oct 2014 22:15:00 +0200.

THE Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) will play more of an advisory role as regional countries prepare to take ownership of their tsunami warning systems.
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),