M 4.8 in Japan on 24 Mar 2015 04:53 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 1050796
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 75.82 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.2665 , 140.0085
Event Date: 24 Mar 2015 04:53 UTC
24 Mar 2015 13:53 Local
Exposed Population:
36839608 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Mar 2015 05:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.8 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: 266 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake hits off Vancouver IslandThu, 26 Mar 2015 01:06:00 +0100.

PORT HARDY, British Columbia (AP) " The U.S. Geological Survey says a moderate earthquake struck west of Vancouver Island. The magnitude 4.9 temblor hit Wednesday about 12:22 p.m. about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Port Hardy, Bri
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Moderate earthquake hits in ocean off Vancouver Island, British Columb ... Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:57:00 +0100.

PORT HARDY, B.C. - The U.S. Geological Survey says a moderate earthquake struck west of Vancouver Island. The magnitude 4.9 temblor hit Wednesday about 12:22 p.m. about 90 miles (145 kilometres) southwest of Port Hardy, British Columbia. Po
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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.
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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),