M 6.2 in Japan on 14 Apr 2016 12:26 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1084342
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.8494 , 130.6345
Event Date: 14 Apr 2016 12:26 UTC
14 Apr 2016 21:26 Local
Exposed Population: 690000 people in MMI
8290000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Apr 2016 13:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1 1
us20005hzn 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: 2788 | About casualties: 434 | Last hour: 0

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Fuerte terremoto de 7,8 grados sacudió a Ecuador y hay al menos 77 mue ... Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:27:00 +0200.

Domingo, 17 de abril de 2016 | 09:10 Fuerte terremoto de 7,8 grados sacudió a Ecuador y hay al menos 77 muertos El vicepresidente ecuatoriano, Jorge Glas, confirmó la cifra de personas fallecidas aunque estimó que con el correr de las horas
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Ekvador'daki depremi Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan'a bağladıSun, 17 Apr 2016 14:23:00 +0200.

Ekvador'da 7,8 şiddetinde meydana gelen deprem sonrası ilk belirlemelere göre 77 kişi hayatını kaybetti. Sosyal medya hesabında depremle ilgili paylaşım yapan Hürriyet Yazıişleri Müdürü Tufan Türenç, meydana gelen faciayı Cumhurbaşkanı Erdo
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Earthquake kills 77 in Ecuador, devastates coastal areaSun, 17 Apr 2016 14:22:00 +0200.

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador Ecuador launched rescue operations on Sunday after its biggest earthquake in decades killed at least 77 people, caused devastation in coastal populations, and left an unknown number trapped in ruins. The 7.8 magnitude qua
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),