M 6.7 in Japan on 14 Jan 2016 03:25 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 1078557
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 51.39 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.9519 , 142.7205
Event Date: 14 Jan 2016 03:25 UTC
14 Jan 2016 12:25 Local
Exposed Population: About 28000 people in MMI
130000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Jan 2016 03:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0 0.4
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  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

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LAHORE - Increase in the frequency of earthquakes after major incident of October 26 is quite normal, geologists say. “The incidents will continue till settlement of Indian and Eurasian plates after major shaking on October 26,” said Dr Saj
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Feature: trauma, unresolved issue remain 21 years after Japan's Great .. 1/17/2016 5:16:00 PM.

KOBE, Japan, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Kobe and its surrounding areas marked on Sunday the 21st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people in 1995. Some 9,000 people gathered early in the morning in
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Feature: trauma, unresolved issue remain 21 years after Japan's Great .. 1/17/2016 4:38:00 PM.

KOBE, Japan, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Kobe and its surrounding areas marked on Sunday the 21st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people in 1995. Some 9,000 people gathered early in the morning in
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Kobe remembers past, looks to future on Great Hanshin Earthquake anniv.. 1/17/2016 6:29:00 AM.

KOBE--Mourners lit 6,434 bamboo lanterns, each representing one death, as part of memorial services held in the Kobe area on Jan. 17 to mark the 21st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Local residents, survivors of the quake and o
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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 (89), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),