M 4.8 in Northern Mariana Islands on 26 May 2015 14:15 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 1055917
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 43.68 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.1165 , 146.7818
Event Date: 26 May 2015 14:15 UTC
27 May 2015 00:15 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 May 2015 18:39 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 369 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

Un terremoto de intensidad 8,5 golpea casi todo Japón sin que se activ ... Sat, 30 May 2015 13:50:00 +0200.

SEGÚN INFORMA LA AGENCIA METEOROLÓGICA NIPONA Un terremoto de intensidad 8,5 golpea casi todo Japón sin que se active la alerta de tsunami Un seísmo de 8,5 grados en la escala de Richter ha golpeado a la isla de Japón. El país se asienta so
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Un terremoto de 8,5 grados Richter golpea Japón sin alerta de tsunamiSat, 30 May 2015 13:48:00 +0200.

Tokio, 30 may.- Un terremoto de 8,5 grados Richter golpeó hoy casi todo Japón sin que se activara la alerta de tsunami, informó la Agencia meteorológica nipona. El seísmo se produjo a las 20.24 hora local (11.24 GMT) y tuvo su hipocentro en
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National › M8.5 earthquake strikes near Ogasawara islandsSat, 30 May 2015 13:46:00 +0200.

TOKYO. An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5 struck the 5.6 struck near the Ogasawara islands at 8:24 p.m. Saturday. The Japan Meteorological Agency said there was no danger of a tsunami. The strong quake shook buildings in Tokyo and Yokoha
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AP NewsAlertSat, 30 May 2015 13:46:00 +0200.

Powerful offshore earthquake shakes eastern Japan , but officials say no tsunami threat. -- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 31410981.

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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),