M 5.1 in Japan on 17 Aug 2015 11:40 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 1063277
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 25.62 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.8253 , 131.0228
Event Date: 17 Aug 2015 11:40 UTC
17 Aug 2015 20:40 Local
Exposed Population:
1136814 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Aug 2015 12:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 266 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

La mitica isola di Atlantide potrebbe essere stata situata in Sardegna ... Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:34:00 +0200.

(Di venerdì 21 agosto 2015) Scienziati italiani hanno presentato una nova ipotesi sul probabile sito di Atlantide . La Sardegna , nel 1175 a.C, sarebbe stata colpita da un meteorite e posteriormente da uno tsunami, avvenimenti che avrebbero
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Volcán del suroeste de Japón registra una nueva erupción de pequeña ma ... Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:29:00 +0200.

El monte Sakurajima, situado en el suroeste de Japón, registró hoy una nueva erupción de baja intensidad tras varios días de alerta en la zona ante el aumento de la actividad sísmica en torno al volcán. Uno de los cráteres del Sakurajima, s
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Volcán del suroeste de Japón registra una nueva erupción de pequeña ma ... Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:23:00 +0200.

Tokio, 21 ago.- El monte Sakurajima, situado en el suroeste de Japón, registró hoy una nueva erupción de baja intensidad tras varios días de alerta en la zona ante el aumento de la actividad sísmica en torno al volcán. Uno de los cráteres d
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Broad museum to show more than 250 works in inaugural displayFri, 21 Aug 2015 09:32:00 +0200.

When the Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles officially opens on Sept. 20, visitors will be treated to a selection of more than 250 works of contemporary art culled from the private collection of founders Eli and Edythe Broad, museum offic
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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),