M 4.8 in Japan on 12 Apr 2016 19:26 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 1084249
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 35.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.2747 , 130.4593
Event Date: 12 Apr 2016 19:26 UTC
13 Apr 2016 04:26 Local
Exposed Population:
About 498 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 21:30 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

El histórico castillo de Kumamoto resultó gravemente dañado por los te.. 4/16/2016 7:08:00 PM.

breaches walls of 400-year old Kumamoto Castle > > — Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) Al margen del coste humano que deja hasta el momento 37 víctimas mortales y más de 2.000 heridos, los dos terremotos registrados en Kumamoto (sur de Japón),
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'Race against time' to find survivors after Japan earthquakes 4/16/2016 7:04:00 PM.

Japanese rescuers were digging through the rubble of buildings and mud on Saturday (Sunday NZ Time) to reach dozens believed trapped after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck a southern island, killing at least 32 people and injuring
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Aumentan a 41 los muertos por una serie de fuertes terremotos en Japón 4/16/2016 7:02:00 PM.

TOKIO (Sputnik) — Se elevan a 41 los fallecidos por los terremotos que sacuden desde el jueves la prefectura de Kumamoto, en el sureste de Japón, informó la agencia Kyodo. El pronóstico desfavorable del tiempo ha generado nuevos temores
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Le bilan des séismes au Japon s'alourdit à 41 morts 4/16/2016 7:00:00 PM.

Au moins 41 morts. C’est le dernier bilan de la série de tremblements de terre survenus depuis jeudi dans le sud-ouest du Japon. En plus des pompiers à pied d’oeuvre dans la région de Kumamoto, sur l‘île de Kyushu, le gouvernement a dépêché
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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),