M 4.9 in Japan on 20 Sep 2017 09:01 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 1121905
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 51.74 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.5728 , 141.0335
Event Date: 20 Sep 2017 09:01 UTC
20 Sep 2017 18:01 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2017 09:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000arig Scaled population (vector) -0.4  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 363 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Latest deadly quake, volcanic ash spread alarm in Mexico (VIDEO)Sun, 24 Sep 2017 08:12:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY, Sept 24 — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that shook Mexico yesterday was blamed for five deaths, spreading fear among a population reeling from multiple natural disasters and interrupting the search for survivors from a bigger trem
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Mexico’s powerful quakes deliver lessons for VictoriaSun, 24 Sep 2017 07:38:00 +0200.

SARAH PETRESCU. Times Colonist. A series of powerful earthquakes that struck Mexico this month have a lot to teach Vancouver Island about preparing for the Big One, experts say. “We have a very similar situation here,” said John Cassidy, a
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Why Mexico is so prone to strong earthquakesSun, 24 Sep 2017 06:54:00 +0200.

Two strong earthquakes, 12 days apart, have shaken Mexico this month, crumpling buildings, sending panicked people into the streets, and together killing hundreds of people who were unable to escape the destruction. Just before midnight on
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After deadly quake, volcano ash spreads alarm in MexicoSun, 24 Sep 2017 06:37:00 +0200.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that shook Mexico on Saturday was blamed for five deaths, spreading fear among a population reeling from multiple natural disasters and interrupting the search for survivors from a bigger tremor earlier this week.
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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.
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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),