M 4.7 in Japan on 26 Jan 2016 11:37 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 1079350
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 56.19 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.2843 , 141.9514
Event Date: 26 Jan 2016 11:37 UTC
26 Jan 2016 20:37 Local
Exposed Population:
2210414 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jan 2016 11:57 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 402 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

Strong magnitude 7 quake strikes eastern Russia, no casualtiesSat, 30 Jan 2016 11:37:00 +0100.

REUTERS: A strong magnitude 7 earthquake struck eastern Russia on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, while local Russian Emergencies Ministry said the tremor had not caused any casualties or damage. The quake struck 109 km (67 miles
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Rusia: Cutremur puternic cu magnitudinea de 7, în estul țăriiSat, 30 Jan 2016 11:34:00 +0100.

Un cutremur puternic, cu magnitudinea de 7 grade pe scara Richter, a avut loc sambata dimineața în Orientul Extern rus, au anunțat autorități americane și ruse, care au precizat că nu s-au raportat victime sau pagube, relateaza AFP în pagin
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Cutremur puternic de 7 grade in estul RusieiSat, 30 Jan 2016 11:28:00 +0100.

Potrivit Institutului american de geofizica USGS, seismul a avut loc la ora 3.25 GMT (5.25, ora Romaniei), la o adancime de 160 de kilometri, in regiunea muntoasa Kamceatka Krai, pe coasta de est a Rusiei. Centrele de avertizare de tsunami
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¿Hay riesgo de tsunami en España?Sat, 30 Jan 2016 11:25:00 +0100.

tuvo una magnitud de 6,3. Apenas dos décimas más hubieran bastado para generar una alerta de tsunami en el Mediterráneo. Ese mínimo de 6,5 es una de las referencias que establece la Red Sísmica Nacional como base para tomarse en serio el pe
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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),