M 5.4 in Japan on 12 Jul 2015 17:52 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 1060122
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 55.28 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.9728 , 131.8242
Event Date: 12 Jul 2015 17:52 UTC
13 Jul 2015 02:52 Local
Exposed Population:
2224947 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jul 2015 18:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
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: 305 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Himani to build earthquake-resistant housesThu, 16 Jul 2015 16:27:00 +0200.

KATHMANDU, JUL 16 - Former Crown Princess Himani Shah observed a model earthquake-resistant building built by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on the premises of the Pulchok Engineering College, Lalitpur on Thursday. She collec
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Costa Verde: puentes peatonales permanecen clausuradosThu, 16 Jul 2015 15:51:00 +0200.

Que Lima viva de espaldas al mar, parece ser una lamentable verdad. En mayo del 2014, la Municipalidad de Lima inició la construcción de seis puentes peatonales en el tramo sur de la Costa Verde correspondiente a los distritos de San Isidro
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Sismo de 5.3 grados se registra en la costa de CoquimboThu, 16 Jul 2015 14:50:00 +0200.

. El movimiento telúrico tuvo el epicentro a 69 kilómetros al oeste de la Higuera. A las 07:48 de esta mañana se registró un sismo de la costa de la Región de Coquimbo. El movimiento telúrico tuvo una magnitud de 5,0 grados, con epicentro
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OSU quake/tsunami expert: "It's not hopeless"Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:01:00 +0200.

Their conversation has been edited for space and clarity. Q: Should I move out of the Northwest? A: (Laughs). Well, I wouldn't move. I mean, I still live here. One of the difficult things to explain to folks is that, yes, it's a huge catast
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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),