M 4.8 in Japan on 07 May 2016 08:09 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 1085861
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 14.12 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.0962 , 129.232
Event Date: 07 May 2016 08:09 UTC
07 May 2016 17:09 Local
Exposed Population:
About 15544 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 May 2016 08:36 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: 507 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Borse 10 Maggio Mag 2016 08 39 23 ore fa Tokyo chiude in rialzo in sci ... Wed, 11 May 2016 08:05:00 +0200.

Il Nikkei ha guadagnato il 2,15%. Il ministro delle Finanze del Giappone, Taro Aso, ha detto che il governo potrebbe intervenire per stabilizzare i mercati dei cambi, se necessario. Roma, 08:39 - 23 ore fa (AGV NEWS) Lo yen si è indebolito
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El estallido que no deja de sonarWed, 11 May 2016 07:54:00 +0200.

Pasaron 70 años y cualquiera podría pensar que es mucho tiempo. Pero en Hiroshima aún perduran los efectos secundarios del primer ataque con bomba atómica de la historia. Por cortés y reservada que sea la sociedad japonesa, con ellos se enc
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Russia’s Kuril Islands hit by 5.2 magnitude quake, aftershocksWed, 11 May 2016 07:24:00 +0200.

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, May 11. /TASS/. Seismologists have registered a 5.2 magnitude earthquake and four aftershocks in the Sakhalin region in Russia’s Far East, the regional emergencies service said on Wednesday. The powerful earthquake hit th
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Borse 10 Maggio Mag 2016 08 39 22 ore fa Tokyo chiude in rialzo in sci ... Wed, 11 May 2016 07:02:00 +0200.

Il Nikkei ha guadagnato il 2,15%. Il ministro delle Finanze del Giappone, Taro Aso, ha detto che il governo potrebbe intervenire per stabilizzare i mercati dei cambi, se necessario. Roma, 08:39 - 22 ore fa (AGV NEWS) Lo yen si è indebolito
...(more)

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),