M 4.7 in Japan on 18 Dec 2015 18:41 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 1076275
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 63.46 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.8179 , 141.8396
Event Date: 18 Dec 2015 18:41 UTC
19 Dec 2015 03:41 Local
Exposed Population:
1939879 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Dec 2015 21:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 203 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Alisa TangTue, 22 Dec 2015 18:25:00 +0100.

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Inició simulacro nacional multiamenazasTue, 22 Dec 2015 18:02:00 +0100.

Con la alerta del Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres (Sinapred) comenzó este martes el cuarto IV Simulacro Nacional Antidesastres en todo el territorio nacional. En conferencia de prensa, el doctor Guill
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Indonesia: suspenden licencia a empresas causantes de incendiosTue, 22 Dec 2015 16:38:00 +0100.

El Gobierno de Indonesia identificó a 16 empresas como responsables de los incendios registrados en las islas de Sumatra y Borneo, que ocasionaron una nube de humo tóxica que afectó a varios países de la región. Así lo informó la ministra d
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Indonesia registra sismo de 5,9 grados sin víctimas ni dañosTue, 22 Dec 2015 16:38:00 +0100.

Tampoco ha habido alerta de tsunami luego del movimiento telúrico, ocurrido a una distancia de 474 kilómetros de la capital del país asiático, Jakarta. La isla de Java, en Indonesia, se vio sacudida este miércoles por un terremoto de 5,9 g
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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),