M 5.2 in Japan on 23 Sep 2016 05:34 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 1094500
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.4804 , 141.9648
Event Date: 23 Sep 2016 05:34 UTC
23 Sep 2016 14:34 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Sep 2016 05:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006rvp Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 832 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Scientists say two earthquakes occurred off the Oregon and California coasts late Saturday and early Sunday but neither triggered a tsunami warning. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.0 quake Saturday night at 1
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Southern Japan jolted by 5.7 magnitude quakeTue, 27 Sep 2016 05:13:00 +0200.

TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Japan's southern Okinawa island and a chain of neighbouring islands were shaken on Monday by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports
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Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes Philippines' Mindanao islandTue, 27 Sep 2016 05:13:00 +0200.

The deep tremor was felt strongly in Davao but is not expected to cause a tsunami. DAVAO, Philippines, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the Philippine's Mindanao island on Saturday, sending hotel guests an
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Vulcano Marsili è attivo: rischio tsnunami in Campania e CalabriaTue, 27 Sep 2016 05:07:00 +0200.

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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),