M 4.5 in Japan on 19 May 2015 17:17 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 1055325
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 54.02 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.9388 , 141.9196
Event Date: 19 May 2015 17:17 UTC
20 May 2015 02:17 Local
Exposed Population:
1536335 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 May 2015 20:01 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: 482 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

Locals Living in Fear Due to Landslide RiskSat, 23 May 2015 17:13:00 +0200.

The locals of half a dozen villages are living in fear following the experts’ warning of landslides. There have been a number of landslides in Sanochila and Tallagoth of Ikudol, Kutunbesi, Jhanglkot of Ghusel, Kalche of Malta, ward number 3
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Ilhas Salomão registam segundo sismo de 6,8 hoje, sem alerta de tsunam ... Sat, 23 May 2015 15:04:00 +0200.

Dois sismos de magnitude 6,8 foram registados hoje ao largo das Ilhas Salomão, no Pacífico, no terceiro dia consecutivo de abalos sísmicos, anunciou o Serviço Geológico dos Estados Unidos (USGS), sem que tenham sido emitidos alertas de tsun
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Senators renew call for earthquake preparednessSat, 23 May 2015 13:20:00 +0200.

THREE senators sought on Saturday for urgent assessment of the country's disaster preparedness in case a major earthquake hits the Metro Manila. Senators Juan Edgardo Angara, Loren Legarda, and Paolo Benigno Aquino IV stressed the need to e
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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.
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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),