M 4.5 in Japan on 26 Apr 2014 16:35 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 1030589
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 57.29 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.579 , 129.729
Event Date: 26 Apr 2014 16:35 UTC
27 Apr 2014 01:35 Local
Exposed Population:
About 83224 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Apr 2014 19:11 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 245 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Here's how Florida gets skewered by Obama's trans-Pacific trade pactWed, 30 Apr 2014 15:49:00 +0200.

Nov. 20, 2012, Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: 2-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his older brother Muhammad were killed when their house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. Their father, Fouad, was also killed and their mother was pu
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Barco que pode ter saído do Japão após tsunami é encontrado nos EUAWed, 30 Apr 2014 14:20:00 +0200.

Pequena embarcação foi vista no litoral do estado de Washington. Barco estava coberto de algas.
Swiss lake tsunamis may pose real threat to cities - researchersWed, 30 Apr 2014 12:45:00 +0200.

How do you prepare for tsunamis that come only every 1,000 years or so? Giant waves triggered in Swiss lakes by underwater landslides are low-probability events, but we still need to be prepared for the risks, say scientists.
Two months of miseryWed, 30 Apr 2014 11:07:00 +0200.

Brighton and Hove’s seafront will be closed for eight weeks after a section of the road collapsed into a pub.

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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),