M 4.7 in Japan on 28 Feb 2016 16:29 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 1081546
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 88.69 Km
Lat/Lon: 25.2531 , 124.8492
Event Date: 28 Feb 2016 16:29 UTC
29 Feb 2016 00:29 Local
Exposed Population:
About 61322 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Feb 2016 17:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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: 2289 | About casualties: 43 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami warning buoys failed as powerful earthquake hit Indonesia All ... Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:19:00 +0100.

A magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit parts of Sumatra and small islands in western Indonesia on Wednesday evening, sending thousands of islanders rushing to high ground but causing no major damage or deaths. It was centred 409 miles from the town
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هزتان ارتداديتان تضربان السواحل الإندونيسيةThu, 03 Mar 2016 16:16:00 +0100.

ضربت هزتان ارتداديتان، اليوم الخميس، السواحلَ الإندونيسية، وذلك عقب تحذير بوقوع موجات تسونامي؛ مما أسفر عن حالة ذعر في جنوب غربي جزيرة سومطرة. وأعلن مكتب الأرصاد الجوية وعلم المناخ والجيوفيزياء وكالة (BMKG)، في بيان، أن "قوة الهزتين، وهما
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Tsunami buoys malfunctioned as powerful quake hit IndonesiaThu, 03 Mar 2016 16:16:00 +0100.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials say all 22 tsunami warning buoys installed near vulnerable islands failed to work when a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra. Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo N
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Les balises anti-tsunami n'ont pas fonctionnéThu, 03 Mar 2016 16:14:00 +0100.

Les 22 balises d'alerte déployées après le tsunami de 2004 au large de l'île de Sumatra, dans l'ouest de l'Indonésie, n'ont pas fonctionné mercredi lorsqu'un violent séisme a secoué la même région, ont indiqué jeudi les autorités indonésien
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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),