M 4.5 in Japan on 06 Apr 2015 04:58 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 1051614
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 41.04 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.012 , 145.3207
Event Date: 06 Apr 2015 04:58 UTC
06 Apr 2015 13:58 Local
Exposed Population:
349888 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Apr 2015 05:35 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
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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: 336 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Opinión: "La catástrofe como espejo y nuestra labor docente"Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:43:00 +0200.

La peor cara de nuestro país aparece nuevamente entre el lodo y relave nortino luego de los tormentosos días que azotaron a nuestros compatriotas durante la semana recién pasada. Así como en otras ocasiones fueron un terremoto, un tsunami o
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L’OMS lance un réseau d’équipes médicales pour les urgences humanitair ... Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:26:00 +0200.

Les Nations unies disposeront ainsi d’un «registre d’équipes médicales étrangères accréditées» par l’OMS pour réagir à n’importe quel moment dans les situations d’urgence humanitaire.-EPA. L’Organisation mondiale de la santé a lancé mercre
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Traços de radiação de Fukushima detectados na costa do CanadáWed, 08 Apr 2015 12:23:00 +0200.

Vestígios de radioatividade proveniente da usina nuclear japonesa de Fukushima, acidentada em 2011, foram detectados em uma amostra de água do mar recolhida perto da costa oeste do Canadá - de acordo com um grupo de monitoramento. A rede In
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Fukushima-Spuren vor Nordamerika entdecktWed, 08 Apr 2015 11:14:00 +0200.

Vier Jahre nach dem Atomunfall von Fukushima sind jetzt erstmals radioaktive Stoffe aus der Anlage im Pazifik vor Nordamerika nachgewiesen worden. Wissenschaftler entdeckten Cäsium vor der Küste Kanadas. Gefahr für Mensch und Tier besteht a
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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),