M 4.7 in Japan on 10 Aug 2015 02:34 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 1062659
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 74.05 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.8763 , 141.6227
Event Date: 10 Aug 2015 02:34 UTC
10 Aug 2015 11:34 Local
Exposed Population:
2970373 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Aug 2015 03:00 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 429 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Un terremoto de magnitud 5,0 sacude la región de FukushimaFri, 14 Aug 2015 02:33:00 +0200.

Un sismo de magnitud 5,0 se ha registrado este jueves a las 13.34 (UTC) a unos 49 kilómetros al sureste de la ciudad japonesa de Namie, del Distrito de Futaba, Fukushima, que hace cuatro años hubo un grave accidente nuclear a causa de un te
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Japanese Government Provides Usd Two Million for Resilient ProjectFri, 14 Aug 2015 01:40:00 +0200.

Luanda At least two million USD have been made available by Japan for preparation project for a Resilient Recovery in five African countries, including Angola, said, Tuesday, the Asian country's ambassador, Kuniaki Ito. The Japanese diploma
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In the Pacific Northwest, fear of the Big One should be channeled into ... Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:11:00 +0200.

Scientists believe that a magnitude 9.0-plus Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake — which they call “the largest of the large” — would likely trigger a tsunami that could devastate coastal communities, while the earthquake could destroy infr
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5.0-magnitude quake hits 49km SE of Namie, Japan: USGSFri, 14 Aug 2015 00:16:00 +0200.

. HONG KONG, Aug.14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted 49km SE of Namie, Japan at 20:13:34 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 42.86 km, was initially determined
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),