M 5.1 in Japan on 19 Feb 2016 13:13 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 1080928
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 20.17 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.2205 , 142.2218
Event Date: 19 Feb 2016 13:13 UTC
19 Feb 2016 22:13 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Feb 2016 13:35 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: 383 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Dark taiga under threat through climate changeTue, 23 Feb 2016 12:52:00 +0100.

The effects of climate change in recent decades have been tangible. And these could potentially become even more serious by the end of the century, even if we do somehow manage to limit global warming to 2 degrees, the latest de facto targe
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Japon. Un avion avec 159 passagers évacué en pleine tempête de neigeTue, 23 Feb 2016 12:01:00 +0100.

Un dégagement de fumée dans la cabine d'un avion d'une compagnie japonaise a provoqué l'évacuation des 159 passagers à bord, mardi, au nord du Japon. Un vol Japan Airlines (JAL), avec à bord 159 passagers, a été évacué mardi en pleine temp
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LIGO prototype to come up near ChennaiTue, 23 Feb 2016 11:58:00 +0100.

Professor Anil Prabhakar of IIT Madras electrical engineering department is one of six scientists from Chennai who will be actively involved in the setting up of the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) detector in Ind
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Japan-funded projects turned overTue, 23 Feb 2016 11:51:00 +0100.

The government of Japan turned over two reconstructed workshop buildings of Balangiga National Agricultural School, two reconstructed school building of Camire Elementary School, and a paved access road to Dulag Slaughterhouse in ceremonies
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),