M 4.6 in Svalbard and Jan Mayen on 01 Feb 2016 22:34 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 1079806
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 71.94 , -1.17
Event Date: 01 Feb 2016 22:34 UTC
01 Feb 2016 22:34 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Feb 2016 07:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=486029 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: 264 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Alerta en Japón: erupción cerca de planta nuclearFri, 05 Feb 2016 18:13:00 +0100.

El volcán Sakurajima de Japón, que se encuentra a unos 50 kilómetros de una planta nuclear, ha entrado en erupción este viernes, informa Reuters. El Sakurajima es un volcán activo que se localiza en la isla de Kyushu, en la prefectura de Ka
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Medio AmbienteFri, 05 Feb 2016 18:07:00 +0100.

TOKIO, Japón, feb. 5, 2016.- El volcán Sakurajima, situado en el suroeste de Japón, registró hoy viernes una erupción de gran magnitud, según informó la Agencia Meteorológica de Japón (JMA), que ha recomendado no acercarse a las proximidade
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WhatsApp, iMessage & Co: SMS-Alternativen auf dem VormarschFri, 05 Feb 2016 17:58:00 +0100.

Berlin (dpa) - Mit der Verbreitung von Smartphones und Mobilfunk-Datennetze. werden SMS-Nachrichten immer mehr von Internet-basierten Kurzmitteilungen abgelöst. In dem Bereich buhlen viele Anbieter um die Gunst der Nutzer. Ein Überblick: De
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Magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits east JapanFri, 05 Feb 2016 17:50:00 +0100.

No tsunami warning issued; bullet train services at parts of line between Tokyo and Osaka briefly disrupted. TOKYO. A moderate earthquake hit eastern Japan Friday, resulting in no tsunami warning but brief disruptions to a bullet train lin
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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),