M 5.2 in Japan on 03 Mar 2016 07:11 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 1081765
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 53.43 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.746 , 131.4086
Event Date: 03 Mar 2016 07:11 UTC
03 Mar 2016 16:11 Local
Exposed Population:
2444211 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Mar 2016 07:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 395 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Recuerdan en Japón a víctimas del tsunami de hace 5 añosMon, 07 Mar 2016 05:52:00 +0100.

TOKIO, Japón, mar. 6, 2016.- Algunas localidades del noreste de Japón recordaron a las víctimas del terremoto y tsunami que golpearon esta región el 11 de marzo de 2011 días antes del quinto aniversario de la tragedia que se conmemorará est
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Mittelbayerische Zeitung: Kommentar zuMon, 07 Mar 2016 05:44:00 +0100.

Regensburg (ots) - In diesen Wochen stehen gleich zwei traurige Gedenktage an: Fünf Jahre sind seit dem Erdbeben und Tsunami in Japan am 11. März 2011 vergangen, die zu Kernschmelzen im Atomkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi geführt hatten. Und am
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اخبار عالميةMon, 07 Mar 2016 05:43:00 +0100.

2016-03-06 21:15:36. أكد رئيس الوزراء التركي، أحمد داود أوغلو، خلال زيارته إلى طهران ضرورة تطوير الرؤية المشتركة بين تركيا وإيران من أجل إنهاء الصراع الدائر في المنطقة. وأوضح أوغلو أن الخلاف بين البلدين حول الحرب في سوريا يكمن في أن... 201
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Vos photos 2016Mon, 07 Mar 2016 05:20:00 +0100.

1/214 - Cette semaine, le contraste et la diversité du temps est saisissante. Témoin lecteur 2/214 - Cette semaine, le contraste et la diversité du temps est saisissante. Témoin lecteur 3/214 - Cette semaine, le contraste et la diversité du
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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),