M 4.8 in Japan on 07 Mar 2014 18:34 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 1027167
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 33.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.6711 , 140.5933
Event Date: 07 Mar 2014 18:34 UTC
08 Mar 2014 03:34 Local
Exposed Population:
27142594 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Mar 2014 19:48 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
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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: 364 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Velo-Protest gegen AKW MühlebergSun, 09 Mar 2014 18:37:00 +0100.

Zum dritten Jahrestag der Nuklearkatastrophe im japanischen Fukushima haben am Sonntag tausende Atomkraftgegner aus Deutschland und Frankreich für eine sofortige Schliessung des Meilers im elsässischen Fessenheim demonstriert. In der Schwei
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Protest auf dem Velo gegen Atomkraftwerk...Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:28:00 +0100.

Zu der Tour mit anschliessendem Picknick aufgerufen hatte die Regionalgruppe Bern der Umweltorganisation Greenpeace. Wie Meret Huwiler seitens der Organisatoren mitteilte, radelten mehr als 130 Personen - unter ihnen Familien mit Kindern -
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Gempa 5 SR Guncang Sumba BaratSun, 09 Mar 2014 18:26:00 +0100.

WAIKABUBAK, KOMPAS.com - Gempa bumi dengan kekuatan 5 skala Richter (SR) mengguncang Kabupaten Sumba Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), Minggu (9/3/2013) malam. Kepala Stasiun Geofisika Klas I Kupang, Sudaryono, kepada Kompas.com , mengataka
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Des milliers de manifestants antinucléaires sur le Rhin et à Fessenhei ... Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:11:00 +0100.

Fessenheim (France) (AFP) En famille, avec pancartes et fanfares, plusieurs milliers d'antinucléaires français, allemands et suisses manifestaient dimanche sur des ponts du Rhin, à l'occasion du troisième anniversaire de la catastrophe de F
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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),