M 4.5 in Japan on 19 Feb 2016 01:50 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 1080896
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 53.18 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.6346 , 140.243
Event Date: 19 Feb 2016 01:50 UTC
19 Feb 2016 10:50 Local
Exposed Population:
36904732 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Feb 2016 02:27 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 369 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Crown Prince turns 56, hopes disaster-hit Tohoku recovers soon, says w ... Mon, 22 Feb 2016 23:22:00 +0100.

Crown Prince Naruhito, ahead of his 56th birthday on Tuesday, said he and Crown Princess Masako hope residents of northeastern Japan, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will be able to rebuild their lives as soon as possible
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Linux Mint: Kriminelle verbreiten Linux-Version mit HintertürMon, 22 Feb 2016 20:00:00 +0100.

Hacker haben die Website von Linux Mint infiltriert und eine manipulierte Version des Betriebssystems verbreitet. Die betroffenen Rechner werden Teil eines Botnetzes. Das Betriebssystem Linux Mint ist Windows sehr ähnlich und spricht daher
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NZ remembers victims of 2011 Christchurch quakeMon, 22 Feb 2016 19:59:00 +0100.

A public memorial service has been held in New Zealand to remember victims of a powerful earthquake that struck the city of Christchurch five years ago. A total of 185 people died in what was considered to be the country's worst natural dis
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Sismo de 6,1 afectó centro de ChileMon, 22 Feb 2016 19:44:00 +0100.

Un temblor de 6,1 se registró la madruga de este lunes en el centro de Chile, según informó la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi). El temblor “de mediana intensidad” se registró a las 03H37 hora local (06H37 GMT) en el mar a 75 km al oe
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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),