M 4.5 in Japan on 08 Jun 2015 20:44 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 1057071
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 60.61 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.21 , 140.0649
Event Date: 08 Jun 2015 20:44 UTC
09 Jun 2015 05:44 Local
Exposed Population:
36774216 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Jun 2015 23:37 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: 438 | About casualties: 33 | Last hour: 0

Parents Doubt U.S. Is Ready to Protect Kids from Disaster, Yet Are Doi ... Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:32:00 +0200.

Number of Children Trying to Flee Central America More Than Doubled in 2014; December 30, 2014; Save the Children's Sierra Leone Ebola Center Discharges its 60th Survivor; December 24, 2014; A Decade On, Indian Ocean Tsunami-Affected Commun
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A Decade On, Indian Ocean Tsunami-Affected Communities Tell Save the C ... Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:32:00 +0200.

Save the Children reunited Mustafa (left) with his daughter Rina, 15, (right), ten years after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck on December 24, 2004. The strong current from the water carried Rina, then 5, away from her mother and sisters, w
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Japan OKs long-term Fukushima cleanup planFri, 12 Jun 2015 19:54:00 +0200.

TOKYO -- Japan's government approved Friday a revised 30- to 40-year roadmap to clean up the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, but many questions remain. The plan, endorsed by Cabinet members and officials, delays the start of a key initial
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Japón quiere acelerar la vuelta de los evacuados a la zona de Fukushim ... Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:26:00 +0200.

Japón tiene previsto revocar las órdenes de evacuación para la mayor parte de las TOKIO (Reuters) - Japón tiene previsto revocar las órdenes de evacuación para la mayor parte de las personas que tuvieron que dejar sus casas por el desastr
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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),