M 4.8 in Japan on 27 May 2015 01:51 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 1055941
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 150.21 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.2195 , 130.4104
Event Date: 27 May 2015 01:51 UTC
27 May 2015 10:51 Local
Exposed Population:
1790713 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 May 2015 02:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1067 | About casualties: 35 | Last hour: 0

Ultimas NoticiasSun, 31 May 2015 01:48:00 +0200.

18:02 | Unas 3.000 personas se aglomeraron para presenciar un acto en el que participaron las esposas del líder radical Lepoldo López, del exalcalde Daniel Ceballos y del alcalde Antonio Ledezma, recluidos. 17:52 | Con dos goles del argent
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Giappone, violento terremoto nelle isole del sud: pochi feriti e nient ... Sun, 31 May 2015 01:47:00 +0200.

Ci sono diversi feriti non gravi, ma non vittime o seri danni a edifici, nel bilancio di tarda serata della polizia nazionale nipponica sul violentissimo sisma di 8.5 che ha scosso il Giappone orientale, da Hokkaido fino a Okinawa. Il sisma
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Nouveau séisme au JaponSun, 31 May 2015 01:46:00 +0200.

Les bâtiments de Tokyo et des environs ont tremblé pendant environ une minute vers 20h30 (13h30 à Paris) sans provoquer d'importants dégâts. Le séisme d’une magnitude de 8,5 s'est produit à 676 kilomètres de profondeur au large des îles d'O
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Terremoto de 7,8 sacude Japón, sin alerta de tsunamiSun, 31 May 2015 01:46:00 +0200.

Un potente sismo de magnitud 7,8 ha sacudido este sábado Japón. El epicentro del terremoto se ha ubicado en el Pacífico, a una profundidad de 678 kilómetros, según informa el Servicio Meteorológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés)
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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),