M 4.8 in Japan on 04 Feb 2016 22:41 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 1079994
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 31.56 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.564 , 139.6355
Event Date: 04 Feb 2016 22:41 UTC
05 Feb 2016 07:41 Local
Exposed Population:
39305648 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2016 23:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 548 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

دبي تحتضن الدورة الرابعة للقمة العالمية للحكوماتMon, 08 Feb 2016 23:24:00 +0100.

دبي الرأي أفتتحت أمس في مدينة دبي فعاليات القمة العالمية للحكومات في دورتها الرابعة، تحت شعار استشراف حكومات المستقبل. وقال محمد عبدالله القرقاوي وزير شؤون مجلس الوزراء رئيس القمة العالمية للحكومات، خلال الافتتاح إن الدورة الرابعة من القمة
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Shallow M6.3 temblor hits off Bougainville but no tsunami alert, USGS ... Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:09:00 +0100.

SYDNEY – A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island early Tuesday, U.S. seismologists said, with no immediate tsunami warning issued. The quake hit some 96 km (60 miles) southwest of Panguna at
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هل توُقِف الفئران مشروع الضبعة النووي؟!Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:04:00 +0100.

زمجرت العواصف وفار التنور ودوى الإعصار واكتسحت أمواج تسونامى الهائجة الساحل الشمالى، واقتلعت المحطة النووية المصرية من جذورها بحزامها الخرسانى وظلت تتدحرج حتى هوت على رأس مفاعل ديمونة الاسرائيلى واستقرت فوقه بعد أن جعلته حطاما تذروه الرياح،
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Papua New Guinea: Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea: ... Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:42:00 +0100.

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Monday 2/8/2016 - 16:41 GMT. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island early Tuesday, US seismologists said, with no immediate tsunami warning issued. The quake hit s
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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),