M 5.6 in Japan on 30 May 2020 18:13 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 1220360
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 93.89 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.4288 , 143.942
Event Date: 30 May 2020 18:13 UTC
31 May 2020 04:13 Local
Exposed Population: 540000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 May 2020 18:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000a2rt Scaled population (raster) 0  
  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: 132 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Militaries need legal support for humanitarian missionsWed, 03 Jun 2020 13:26:00 +0200.

Lieutenant General He Lei Photo: Courtesy of He Lei Non-traditional security threats, including major natural disasters, public health issues, and terrorist attacks have been rising since the end of the Cold War. These threats seriously aff
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.8 strikes northern ChileWed, 03 Jun 2020 12:52:00 +0200.

The last major earthquake hit the country in 2010 with a magnitude 8.8 tremor, causing a tsunami which killed more than 500 people. Ninety per cent of the population were left without power after the quake, which lasted for several days in
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Stable isotopes show that earthquakes enhance permeability and release ... Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:21:00 +0200.

Hydrogeological properties can change in response to large crustal earthquakes. In particular, permeability can increase leading to coseismic changes in groundwater level and flow. These processes, however, have not been well-characterized
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Stable isotopes show that earthquakes enhance permeability and release ... Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:39:00 +0200.

Hydrogeological properties can change in response to large crustal earthquakes. In particular, permeability can increase leading to coseismic changes in groundwater level and flow. These processes, however, have not been well-characterized
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),