M 5.1 in Japan on 05 Mar 2016 00:33 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 1081881
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 24.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.6745 , 144.1459
Event Date: 05 Mar 2016 00:33 UTC
05 Mar 2016 10:33 Local
Exposed Population:
About 8648 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2016 01:09 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: 549 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

La reconstrucción de Japón tras el terremoto, desde el aireWed, 09 Mar 2016 00:04:00 +0100.

Hierba y casas donde solo había barro y escombros. Un vídeo publicado por Google muestra el cambio que han experimentado las zonas afectadas por el terremoto que sacudió Japón hace 5 años. El 11 de septiembre de 2011, el peor seísmo registr
...(more)
OPINION: Has Japan learned anything from 2011 disaster?Wed, 09 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0100.

It has been five years since that day when the Pacific Ocean roared forth to demolish the quiet coastal communities of Tohoku and the lives within them. But I am still haunted by the memory of Satoshi Watanabe. It was about a month after th
...(more)
La reconstrucción de Japón tras el terremoto, desde el aireTue, 08 Mar 2016 23:59:00 +0100.

Hierba y casas donde solo había barro y escombros. Un vídeo publicado por Google muestra el cambio que han experimentado las zonas afectadas por el terremoto que sacudió Japón hace 5 años. El 11 de septiembre de 2011, el peor seísmo registr
...(more)
Love him or hate him, Republican presidential frontrunner ...Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:00:00 +0100.

Dazu meldet usatoday.com: Hirano and other town officials were discussing how to respond to a shattering earthquake that had just struck Japan’s northeast coast when cold, black water suddenly crashed into the town hall . 5 years later, Jap
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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),