M 5.6 in Japan on 25 Feb 2018 16:28 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 1135795
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 30.77 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.5905 , 141.7455
Event Date: 25 Feb 2018 16:28 UTC
26 Feb 2018 01:28 Local
Exposed Population: 530000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Feb 2018 17:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000d7pu Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 782 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

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MEGA earthquake 'as devastating as 2004 tsunami' to strike capital cit ... Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:32:00 +0100.

Bing/Getty WARNING: The city is bracing itself for the mega earthquake tonight A massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake will hit Jakarta tonight, capable to reducing the city to ruins. Scientists have warned the quake could be comparable to the 2
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Denuncia una radiación excesiva en FukushimaThu, 01 Mar 2018 12:42:00 +0100.

La organización ecologista Greenpeace denunció ayer la presencia de niveles excesivos de radiactividad en áreas próximas a la accidentada central nuclear japonesa de Fukushima que han sido reabiertas a la población. En un informe publicado
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Moradores questionam rotas de fuga em caso de desastre na Barragem Cas ... Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:07:00 +0100.

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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),