M 4.7 in Japan on 01 Aug 2015 14:24 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 1061963
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 57.11 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.3372 , 142.1
Event Date: 01 Aug 2015 14:24 UTC
01 Aug 2015 23:24 Local
Exposed Population:
911494 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2015 14:45 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: 267 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Tokyo Olympics logo designer says he’s ‘shocked’ by plagiarism claimWed, 05 Aug 2015 12:55:00 +0200.

The designer of the emblem for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games said Wednesday that he was “shocked” and “pained” that a Belgian theater logo designer had accused him of plagiarism. Kenjiro Sano, a 43-year-old Japanese art director, told a pack
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Ideensuche für FukushimaWed, 05 Aug 2015 12:26:00 +0200.

„Ich war zu Hause und hatte plötzlich riesige Angst. Alles fing an zu wackeln, die Schränke stürzten um und dann kam das Wasser …“ Der 16-jährige Taiga Yamaguchi wird still, als er an die Ereignisse vom 11. März 2011 im Nordosten Japans den
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More natural disaster research urgentWed, 05 Aug 2015 09:59:00 +0200.

The lack of research on natural disasters in the country has prevented the government from being able to effectively conduct mitigation efforts, experts have said. Irwan Meilano, a researcher with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) s
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L'âge atomiqueWed, 05 Aug 2015 07:36:00 +0200.

Avec la bombe d'Hiroshima, le monde est entré de plain-pied dans l'âge atomique . Depuis l'humanité sait qu'elle détient le pouvoir de se détruire. Aujourd'hui le ressenti des agressés (les Japonais) ne coïncide pas avec celui des agresseur
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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),