M 6.3 in Japan on 11 Oct 2014 02:35 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 1041180
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 13.48 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.99 , 143.22
Event Date: 11 Oct 2014 02:35 UTC
11 Oct 2014 12:35 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Oct 2014 03:00 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 230 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

La central de Fukushima se prepara para la llegada del tifón VongfongMon, 13 Oct 2014 08:50:00 +0200.

Tokio, 13 oct (EFE).- La siniestrada central nuclear de Fukushima se prepara para la llegada del poderoso tifón Vongfong, que tocó tierra hoy en el sur de Japón y que podría alcanzar la planta este martes.
La central de Fukushima se prepara para la llegada del tifón VongfongMon, 13 Oct 2014 08:28:00 +0200.

La siniestrada central nuclear de Fukushima se prepara para la llegada del poderoso tifón Vongfong, que tocó tierra hoy en el sur de Japón y que podría alcanzar la planta este martes....
Call to reduce disaster death toll among over-60sMon, 13 Oct 2014 07:45:00 +0200.

In 2011, 56% of those who died in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami were 65 and over, despite comprising just 23% of the population. A survey conducted for today’s International Day for Disaster Reduction demonstrates that older p
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UN, HelpAge call to reduce elderly disaster tollMon, 13 Oct 2014 07:40:00 +0200.

There is strong evidence that older persons suffer disproportionately from disasters even in developed countries, they said in a press release to mark this years International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13. In 2005, 75% of those
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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),