M 4.8 in Japan on 09 Apr 2016 00:22 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 1083991
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.467 , 147.6366
Event Date: 09 Apr 2016 00:22 UTC
09 Apr 2016 10:22 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Apr 2016 01:21 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

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Sicilia, terremoto Ml 2.4 il 12-04-2016 ore 10:56 Tirreno MeridionaleTue, 12 Apr 2016 20:50:00 +0200.

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Scientists Shake the Foundations of Earthquake PredictionTue, 12 Apr 2016 20:49:00 +0200.

A group of scientists led by Deepa Mele Veedu, an Indian-origin researcher from the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has discovered a way to predict earthquakes. In the study scientists reveal t
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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.
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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),