M 5.2 Off-shore on 12 Apr 2016 12:07 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 1084225
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.2788 , 145.9242
Event Date: 12 Apr 2016 12:07 UTC
12 Apr 2016 22:07 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 12:30 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 2452 | About casualties: 314 | Last hour: 0

Japon: 18 morts dans un nouveau séismeSat, 16 Apr 2016 10:34:00 +0200.

Des dizaines d'habitants étaient pris au piège samedi après un nouveau tremblement de terre dans le sud-ouest du Japon, qui a tué au moins 18 personnes et provoqué destructions, incendies et glissement de terrain. "Nous avons connaissance
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В Японии предугадали очередное землетрясение за десятки секундSat, 16 Apr 2016 10:32:00 +0200.

. 10:43 16.04.2016 Регион: В мире Источник: Новое мощное землетрясение магнитудой 5,3 произошло на юго-западе Японии. Японское метеорологическое агентство объявило об угрозе цунами, однако затем предупреждение было снято. Японским специали
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Japon: 18 morts dans un nouveau séismeSat, 16 Apr 2016 10:31:00 +0200.

Kumamoto (Japon) - Des dizaines d'habitants étaient pris au piège samedi après un nouveau tremblement de terre dans le sud-ouest du Japon, qui a tué au moins 18 personnes et provoqué destructions, incendies et glissement de terrain. Nous av
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At least 29 dead as second earthquake hits JapanSat, 16 Apr 2016 10:29:00 +0200.

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.3 struck southern Japan early Saturday, killing at least 29 people and injuring 1,500 less than 24 hours after a quake Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that of the 1,500 injured, 80 were
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),