M 4.6 Off-shore on 12 Apr 2016 23:58 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 1084265
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.9908 , -30.1508
Event Date: 12 Apr 2016 23:58 UTC
12 Apr 2016 21:58 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Apr 2016 01:51 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1202 | About casualties: 165 | Last hour: 0

JAPAN EARTHQUAKE - Two powerful earthquakes shake Japan and leave more ... Sat, 16 Apr 2016 23:51:00 +0200.

Two powerful earthquakes, the strongest since the tsunami generated by the massive earthquake in 2011, hit Japan on Thursday and Saturday and have left more than 30 dead, thousands injured and hundreds of thousands displaced. The last and m
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Detectives issue a public appeal for information after two ...Sat, 16 Apr 2016 23:47:00 +0200.

chicagotribune.com meldet: Two men were killed and six others, including a 1-year-old baby and a 14-year-old boy, have been wounded since late Friday morning in shootings on the West and South sides . 2 men dead, 6 wounded in shootings. A 3
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Suman 41 muertos y decenas de personas sepultadas en Japón por sismosSat, 16 Apr 2016 23:42:00 +0200.

KUMAMOTO | Una serie de terremotos sacudió desde el jueves el suroeste de Japón dejando al menos 41 muertos , aunque los servicios de urgencia temen nuevos temblores y que el balance se agrave con las personas sepultadas entre los escombros
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Guatemala expresa condolencias a Japón por las víctimas de terremotosSat, 16 Apr 2016 23:35:00 +0200.

El Gobierno de Guatemala manifestó hoy su "profundo pésame" y solidaridad con el Gobierno y pueblo de Japón, tras los fuertes terremotos registrados en el sur del país en el plazo de dos días, que dejaron al menos 30 muertos, millares de he
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),