M 4.6 Off-shore on 26 Aug 2015 21:31 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 1063970
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 464.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.641 , 139.999
Event Date: 26 Aug 2015 21:31 UTC
27 Aug 2015 06:31 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Aug 2015 21:57 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 180 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Tourisme de désolation Une macabre attraction Publié le 30 août 2015 Grignoter une pizza à Auschwitz, déguster un bol de bortsch à Tchernobyl, ces alléchantes excursions proposées par des tour-opérateurs sans scrupule composent le filon com
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‘Literature tsunami’ Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o to give public lecture at ... Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:27:00 +0200.

At the invitation of Kisii University Vice Chancellor Prof. John Sorana Akama, renowned literature ‘tsunami’ – writer and author Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o will tomorrow deliver a public lecture at the university. Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o is Di
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Así sería un tsunami en el MediterráneoSun, 30 Aug 2015 17:09:00 +0200.

Científicos investigadores de la Universidad de Bolonia (Italia) y de la Universidad Tesalónica (Grecia) Para ello, han simulado un terremoto en el punto de más activo de este mar en cuanto a sismicidad, y donde más tsunamis se han producid
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),