M 5.1 in Japan on 30 Aug 2015 05:30 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 1064208
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 44.84 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.6837 , 130.4331
Event Date: 30 Aug 2015 05:30 UTC
30 Aug 2015 14:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 21344 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Aug 2015 05:51 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: 551 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

Jan Egeland: – Dette er enkeltmenneskerThu, 03 Sep 2015 05:10:00 +0200.

* Gutt (3) funnet på stranden i Tyrkia * 2300 omkommet på flukt i Middelhavet * Nødhjelpstopper krever handling. DRUKNET PÅ FLUKT: Her blir den tre år gamle gutten - en syrisk flyktning - båret bort av tyrkisk militærpoliti-personell. Gutt
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Japanese fisherman reunited with fishing boat lost in tsunamiThu, 03 Sep 2015 03:04:00 +0200.

Kou Sasaki broke down and wept Friday as he was reunited with the fishing boat he lost four years ago in a devastating tsunami half a world away. At a ceremony in the tiny village of Klemtu, B.C. the Japanese fisherman finally got to board
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NEMA tests new flag alert systemWed, 02 Sep 2015 22:03:00 +0200.

THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) tested a new emergency warning system to better prepare and inform the public about an impending disaster for the first time as Tropical Storm Erika approached at the weekend. NEMA follows Sta
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NEMA implements emergency warning SystemWed, 02 Sep 2015 21:56:00 +0200.

(0) Chrystal Glinton, First Assistant Secretary at the National Emergency Management Agency, explains what the colours of the flags mean, during a disaster. Green is Level I; Yellow, is Level II; Orange, Level III and Red is Level IV, which
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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),