M 6 in Japan from 14 Apr 2016 15:03 UTC to 15:03

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1084359
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.6787 , 130.7241
Event Date: 14 Apr 2016 15:03 UTC
15 Apr 2016 00:03 Local
Exposed Population: 6260000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Apr 2016 15:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 0.9
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, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 3537 | About casualties: 621 | Last hour: 0

Ecuador in desperate search for survivors of deadly quakeMon, 18 Apr 2016 13:20:00 +0200.

Rescuers in Ecuador clawed through collapsed buildings Monday as they scrambled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed 272 people, injured thousands, and caused widespread coastal destruction. President Rafael Correa said th
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VIDEO. Japon: Après les séismes, la menace des glissements de terrain ... Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:16:00 +0200.

. JAPON Dans la belle région montagneuse de Minami-Aso, peu habituée aux tremblements de terre, des torrents de boue ont déjà tout emporté sur leur passage... Des membres des Forces japonaises d'autodéfense recherchent des disparus à Minam
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Mallorca prevé el envío de seis bomberos y líneas de ayudas a EcuadorMon, 18 Apr 2016 13:12:00 +0200.

Palma, 18 abr (EFE).- El Consell de Mallorca prevé el envío de seis bomberos del cuerpo de la isla, especializados en rescate y de la unidad canina, así como el establecimiento de líneas de ayuda a Ecuador, país que sufrió un terremoto el p
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Ascienden a 272 los muertos en el terremoto de EcuadorMon, 18 Apr 2016 13:11:00 +0200.

El vicepresidente del país, Jorge Glas, en una comparecencia ante los medios de comunicación, remarcó que la cifra de fallecidos podría aumentar debido a los daños generados en la zona afectada. Aseguró que la situación es particularmente "
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),