M 4.8 in Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan on 07 Mar 2016 07:37 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 1082009
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.2154 , 142.3841
Event Date: 07 Mar 2016 07:37 UTC
07 Mar 2016 16:37 Local
Exposed Population:
543758 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Mar 2016 08:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 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: 582 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami de 2011: 11 mars, 14h46, hommage national aux victimesFri, 11 Mar 2016 07:32:00 +0100.

La ville japonaise de Kesennuma dévastée par le tsunami JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS/AFP/Archives Une minute de silence a été observée vendredi à 14h46 (05h46 GMT) au Japon, en hommage aux victimes du séisme et du tsunami survenus le 11 mars 20
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Japon: 11 mars, 14h46, hommage national aux victimes du tsunami de 201 ... Fri, 11 Mar 2016 07:32:00 +0100.

Une minute de silence a été observée vendredi à 14h46 (05h46 GMT) au Japon, en hommage aux victimes du séisme et du tsunami survenus le 11 mars 2011 dans le nord-est de l'archipel. Lors d'une cérémonie à Tokyo, le couple impérial et le Pre
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Fukushima : 14 h 46 au Japon, l'heure où la terre a trembléFri, 11 Mar 2016 07:32:00 +0100.

Une minute de silence a été observée vendredi à 14h46 (05h46 GMT) au Japon, en hommage aux victimes du séisme et du tsunami survenus le 11 mars 2011 dans le nord-est de l’archipel. Lors d’une cérémonie à Tokyo, le couple impérial et le Prem
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Fukushima:anniversario,Giappone si fermaFri, 11 Mar 2016 07:31:00 +0100.

TOKYO - Il Giappone si è fermato per ricordare le vittime del triplice incidente che colpi' la nazione esattamente 5 anni fa, l'11 marzo del 2011, con il sisma/tsunami costato la vita a circa 18.000 persone e la catastrofe nucleare nella ce
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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),