M 4.9 in Ryukyu Islands, Japan on 02 Feb 2014 06:05 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 1025240
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 63.76 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.8382 , 128.7813
Event Date: 02 Feb 2014 06:05 UTC
02 Feb 2014 15:05 Local
Exposed Population:
112273 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Feb 2014 06:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 269 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

PPP wants debate in parliament on Karachi N-reactorsThu, 06 Feb 2014 05:09:00 +0100.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) wants the government to take parliament and the nation into confidence on the issue of building of two nuclear reactors in Karachi reportedly with untested designs that can cause a fatal mishap.
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Santa Cruz Island Community Remembers 2013 TsunamiThu, 06 Feb 2014 02:36:00 +0100.

Nea Nemboi to commemorate tragedy with low-key event. HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Solomon Star, Feb. 6, 2014) – One year after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the Solomon Islands’ eastern-most province of Temotu on 6 February 2013
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BVI To Participate In Regional Simulation Exercise On March 26Wed, 05 Feb 2014 21:22:00 +0100.

The exercise is geared towards improving tsunami preparedness efforts in the Caribbean and Northwestern region. The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is coordinating the BVI’s participation in the exercise. DDM’s Training Officer, Ms.
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Navy Chief says nations must join hands in disaster-prone Indo-PacificWed, 05 Feb 2014 20:07:00 +0100.

The Chief of the Indian Navy, Admiral D.K. Joshi, on Wednesday urged navies in the region to prepare a framework for swift and sufficient responses to natural disasters. In his keynote ad...

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