M 4.7 in Japan on 20 Dec 2012 10:54 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 121533
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 42.1791 , 142.622
Event Date: 20 Dec 2012 10:54 UTC
20 Dec 2012 19:54 Local
Exposed Population:
460000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Dec 2012 11:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000edcf 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
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 526 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Japonya Nükleerde U Dönüşü YaptıMon, 24 Dec 2012 09:12:00 +0100.

Fukuşima'da yaşanan radyasyon sızıntısı sonrası santrallerinin kapısına kilit vuran Japonya'da politika değişiyor.
Japonya nükleer konusunda yeniden faalMon, 24 Dec 2012 08:55:00 +0100.

Fukuşima Nükleer Santrali'nde yaşanan radyasyon sızıntısı sonrası santrallerinin kapısına kilit vuran ve tamamen kapatmayı hedefleyen Japonya'da değişen iktidarla bu politika da değişiyor. 16 Aralık'ta yapılan erken genel seçimleri kazanan
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After the end of the world/ Keng Yaik's leavingMon, 24 Dec 2012 08:33:00 +0100.

By TAY TIAN YAN Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE Sin Chew Daily Congratulations if you are reading this article as it means that you have survived the doomsday catastrophe. There was a doomsday scene in Selangor, however, when a heavy rain pour
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Tsunami debris team reaches dock on Washington coastMon, 24 Dec 2012 07:54:00 +0100.

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A team hiked over primitive coastal trails to reach a dock that apparently floated from Japan after last year's tsunami and just washed ashore on a Washington state beach, and an official said the group found Japanese w
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),