M 5.6 in Japan on 02 Apr 2014 23:22 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 1028826
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 55.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.1955 , 141.7657
Event Date: 02 Apr 2014 23:22 UTC
03 Apr 2014 08:22 Local
Exposed Population:
1902662 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Apr 2014 23:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Hagel, ASEAN Defense Ministers Expand Disaster-relief PartnersThu, 03 Apr 2014 21:10:00 +0200.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations crisscrossed the city yesterday in a motorcade of vans, buses and police cars, adding potential partners or capabilities that might expand hum
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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),