M 4.8 in Japan on 26 Feb 2016 19:58 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 1081428
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 19.75 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.5874 , 142.0463
Event Date: 26 Feb 2016 19:58 UTC
27 Feb 2016 04:58 Local
Exposed Population:
150596 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Feb 2016 22:03 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: 653 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Kvinder har størst risiko for at dø i naturkatastroferTue, 01 Mar 2016 19:01:00 +0100.

Anden juledag 2004 mistede flere end 220.000 mennesker livet, da en gigantisk tsunami skyllede ind over 11 forskellige lande i Sydøstasien, og efterlod den øvrige verden i chok. Men selvom man skulle tro, at naturkatastrofer ikke skelnede m
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Primaires pour la Maison Blanche: Trump et Clinton favoris du "Super T ... Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:50:00 +0100.

12 Etats aux urnes. Ce mardi 1er mars, douze Etats votent au total. Les électeurs des deux partis expriment leur choix dans dix d'entre eux (Alabama, Arkansas, Géorgie, Massachussets, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tenneessee, Texas, Vermont et Virgi
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New underwater quake sensors could sound early alarm off B.C. coastTue, 01 Mar 2016 18:45:00 +0100.

VANCOUVER -- The organization that monitors undersea conditions off Canada's coast lines will soon have more tools to sound early warnings of potentially damaging earthquakes in an area of the West Coast considered overdue for 'the big one.
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Tsunami: Fiscalía acepta suspender proceso a acusados a cambio de $245 ... Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:41:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO.- Luego de cinco años de investigación penal, finalmente los seis acusados por la fallida alerta de maremoto tras el megasismo registrado en la zona centro sur del país la madrugada del 27 de febrero de 2010, lograron cerrar un acu
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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),