M 4.7 in Japan on 21 Feb 2014 22:31 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 1026374
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 58.29 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.9678 , 140.4214
Event Date: 21 Feb 2014 22:31 UTC
22 Feb 2014 07:31 Local
Exposed Population:
34375932 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2014 22:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 287 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Global automotive brake system market: $28.5 billion industry by 2018Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:23:00 +0100.

(PR-inside.com) The global automotive brake systems market is suggested to have reached a value of around $20.2 billion at the beginning of 2013, and is forecasts to grow to a total of $28.5 billion by the end of 2018. This would suggest a
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Japón apuesta por energía nuclear tras FukushimaTue, 25 Feb 2014 16:53:00 +0100.

El Gobierno japonés publicó hoy el borrador de su primer plan energético desde la crisis de Fukushima, que califica a la energía nuclear como “una fuente eléctrica importante” para el país y asegura que el Gobierno la promoverá. El texto pr
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Project for 100 houses in Vilifushi initiatedTue, 25 Feb 2014 16:50:00 +0100.

The Housing Ministry has begun a project to build 100 houses for the people of Vilifushi in Thaa atoll who were displaced by the 2004 tsunami.
La casa costruita in 24 ore con gigantesca stampante 3D: il futuro a b ... Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:35:00 +0100.

L'idea rivoluzionaria potrebbe radicalmente ridefinire l'edilizia moderna: case economiche, realizzate in tempi brevissimi, capaci di risollevare zone colpite da catastrofi ambientali. Ma anche insediamenti sulla Luna e su Marte.

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