M 4.6 in Japan on 23 Jan 2016 21:33 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 1079107
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 20.21 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.9977 , 140.7826
Event Date: 23 Jan 2016 21:33 UTC
24 Jan 2016 06:33 Local
Exposed Population:
14894864 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Jan 2016 22:39 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 297 | About casualties: 35 | Last hour: 0

Brutal maremoto en Japón desde un barco parece “inofensivo”Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:58:00 +0100.

La Guardia Costera de Japón difundió imágenes del brutal maremoto que impactó al país en 2011 en las que se muestra un barco navegando cuando el fenómeno natural impactó al país causando 15.893 muertos, 6.152 heridos y 2.567 desaparecidos.
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Quake, tsunami drill tests Coast GuardWed, 27 Jan 2016 16:48:00 +0100.

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - When the men and women of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River came to work Monday morning, they were told they had 20 minutes to reach Fort Clatsop. In a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, 20 minutes is about all t
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Depuis plus de deux semaines à Bukavu : Près de 1.011 personnes demeur ... Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:03:00 +0100.

Suite à un affaissement de sol qui s’est produit au début du mois de janvier sur l’avenue Elila-Sud au quartier Panzi dans la province du Sud-Kivu, environ 1.011 personnes sont sans abris. Parmi ce sans abris on note, 363 jeunes filles, 324
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Domínguez toma el mando y pide superar crisis regionalWed, 27 Jan 2016 12:48:00 +0100.

. 27/01/2016 - 07:16:49 LA RAZON.- El flamante presidente de la Conmebol, el paraguayo Alejandro Domínguez, pidió ayer dar la vuelta de página a la mayor crisis del organismo regional a raíz de los escándalos por corrupción en el fútbol mun
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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.
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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),