M 4.7 in Japan on 25 Dec 2015 16:42 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 1076973
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 42.45 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.7652 , 141.3475
Event Date: 25 Dec 2015 16:42 UTC
26 Dec 2015 01:42 Local
Exposed Population:
2281786 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Dec 2015 17:39 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 299 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Early earthquake warning system to be launched soonTue, 29 Dec 2015 15:27:00 +0100.

Germany-based Secty Electronics said that India is set to get its first early earthquake warning and security system with the launch of an advanced technology early next year. ET SPECIAL: Love visual aspect of news? Enjoy this exclusive sl
...(more)
Bobby Gibs y otronan bek den TsunamiTue, 29 Dec 2015 14:57:00 +0100.

Diasabra awor e banda Tsunami lo cumpli 12 aña di existencia. E fecha aki ta cay pareu cu Parada di Flambeu. Pa celebra esaki Tsunami lo tin riba nan trailer pa Fakkel cuatro musico invita. Ta trata aki di e 4 fundadornan di TSUNAMI cu sigu
...(more)
HyQ2Max: the robot you can't keep downTue, 29 Dec 2015 14:30:00 +0100.

Robots that can venture into disaster zones in place of humans need to be tough enough to cope in hazardous environments. So far, the only viable robots are wheeled or tracked vehicles but these cannot cope with many terrains and situations
...(more)
HyQ2Max: the robot you can't keep downTue, 29 Dec 2015 14:22:00 +0100.

Robots that can venture into disaster zones in place of humans need to be tough enough to cope in hazardous environments. So far, the only viable robots are wheeled or tracked vehicles but these cannot cope with many terrains and situations
...(more)

View more news

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),