M 4.8 in Japan on 11 Apr 2016 10:23 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 1084122
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 11.89 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.1088 , 141.7605
Event Date: 11 Apr 2016 10:23 UTC
11 Apr 2016 19:23 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Apr 2016 13:09 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: 1029 | About casualties: 177 | Last hour: 0

Aftershocks rattle southwestern Japan after quake ...Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:14:00 +0200.

Aftershocks rattled southwestern Japan on Friday after a strong quake the night before killed nine people, injured at least 1,000 and cut power and water across the region, forcing the temporary shutdown of several auto and electronics fact
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Very strong dangerous earthquake below Kyushu, Japan - at least 9 peop ... Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:13:00 +0200.

Update 19:20 UTC ** About 13,000 people are at evacuation sites in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto after Thursday's major earthquake. ** Japan's transport ministry and a railway operator say an out-of-service Shinkansen was derailed
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Baby Pulled Alive From Japan Earthquake RubbleFri, 15 Apr 2016 10:13:00 +0200.

A separate video has also emerged from inside a supermarket showing the moment the quake struck. Frightened shoppers can be seen running, light fixtures and shelves shaking and items crashing to the ground. At least nine people have been k
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UPDATE 2-Aftershocks rattle southwestern Japan after quake kills nineFri, 15 Apr 2016 10:12:00 +0200.

TOKYO Elaine Lies Aftershocks rattled southwestern Japan on Friday after a strong quake the night before killed nine people, injured at least 1,000 and cut power and water across the region, forcing the temporary shutdown of several auto an
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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),