M 5 in Japan on 08 Feb 2014 02:34 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 1025607
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 54.23 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.09 , 141.08
Event Date: 08 Feb 2014 02:34 UTC
08 Feb 2014 11:34 Local
Exposed Population:
2942345 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Feb 2014 02:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 358 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Looking for DanielleWed, 12 Feb 2014 01:56:00 +0100.

Teenager Danielle Wright is still missing eight months after the boat she was sailing on vanished. Her parents know their daughter is still alive.
Westfalenpost: Loveparade – Auf den wahren Verantwortlichen lastet nur ... Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:49:00 +0100.

Dreieinhalb Jahre können eine quälend lange Zeit sein. Seit dem 24. Juli 2010 warten die Überlebenden der Loveparade-Katastrophe und die Angehörigen der Opfer auf die juristische Aufarbeitung des Unglücks. Auf die Beantwortung der Frage nac
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Bill on mandatory free text alerts approvedTue, 11 Feb 2014 19:20:00 +0100.

THE HOUSE of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading the proposed measure mandating telecommunications companies to send free text alerts to their subscribers in times of natural and man-made disasters and calamities.
Group gives new meaning to 'SOS'Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:16:00 +0100.

Dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot. In Morse code, this spells out the letters S-O-S, which were officially adopted in 1908 as the international universal distress signal. The letters take on another meaning in Murrysville where a sma
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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),