M 4.6 in Japan on 20 Mar 2016 07:46 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 1082851
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 74.83 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.0394 , 141.4886
Event Date: 20 Mar 2016 07:46 UTC
20 Mar 2016 16:46 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Mar 2016 12:12 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 621 | About casualties: 35 | Last hour: 0

Court orders damages for girl's death in 2011 tsunamiThu, 24 Mar 2016 06:42:00 +0100.

SENDAI--The district court here ordered a municipal government to pay compensation to bereaved family members of a schoolgirl who was swept to her death in the 2011 tsunami triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The court said March
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Droughts dominate disasters in record-hot 2015Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:53:00 +0100.

BARCELONA - Weather and climate extremes were a factor in more than 90 percent of natural disasters in 2015, new figures from an international disaster database show. In the hottest year on record, with temperatures pushed up by global warm
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Another heat wave may grip city, warns PMDThu, 24 Mar 2016 05:45:00 +0100.

KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Director General has warned that the country may face severe weather conditions this year including heat waves and floods. Addressing a seminar titled 'World Metrological Day' organised by P
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Envoy: Japan understands plight of the people of FijiThu, 24 Mar 2016 05:37:00 +0100.

Update: 2:00PM FIVE years after an earthquake and a tsunami hit Japan, killing 18,000 people, the recovery process is steadily progressing, but is far from complete - that is why Japan understands the plight of the people of Fiji after Trop
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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),