M 4.6 in Japan on 02 Oct 2014 05:32 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 1040719
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 54.22 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.41 , 141.7
Event Date: 02 Oct 2014 05:32 UTC
02 Oct 2014 14:32 Local
Exposed Population:
2747976 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Oct 2014 06:30 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 260 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

World: Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre aims to Improve Tsunami Warnings ... Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:58:00 +0200.

Source: Secretariat of the Pacific Community Country: World Pacific countries should now be able to make more informed warning decisions and take tsunami evacuation and other safety measures. This is the result of new and enhanced advisory
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Centroamérica requiere más sistemas de alerta temprana ante tsunamisMon, 06 Oct 2014 01:47:00 +0200.

Managua, 5 oct (ACAN-EFE).- Unas 400.000 personas conviven bajo amenaza de tsunamis en el litoral Pacífico de Centroamérica, según datos del Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales de América Central (Cepredenac
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Sarkozy, un come-back délicat malgré des «prises de guerre»Mon, 06 Oct 2014 00:18:00 +0200.

Paris - Des rivaux pugnaces, des sondages en demi-teinte, une affaire Bygmalion qui suit son cours: loin d'être le tsunami annoncé, le come-back de Nicolas Sarkozy s'avère délicat malgré des «prises de guerre» comme la filloniste Valérie Pé
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Sarkozy, un come-back délicat malgré des "prises de guerre"Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:00:00 +0200.

Paris (AFP) Des rivaux pugnaces, des sondages en demi-teinte, une affaire Bygmalion qui suit son cours: loin d'être le tsunami annoncé, le come-back de Nicolas Sarkozy s'avère délicat malgré des "prises de guerre" comme la filloniste Valéri
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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),