M 4.6 in Japan on 13 Apr 2016 04:46 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 1084278
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 22.51 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.0921 , 141.9577
Event Date: 13 Apr 2016 04:46 UTC
13 Apr 2016 13:46 Local
Exposed Population:
381710 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Apr 2016 05:12 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: 1318 | About casualties: 177 | Last hour: 0

Time Running Out To Find Quake SurvivorsSun, 17 Apr 2016 02:24:00 +0200.

As the death toll topped 40 from two earthquakes this week in southwest Japan, government officials worried that the window of time to find survivors will soon run out. About 2,000 people were reported injured, about 190 of them seriously.
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Fuerte sismo sacude costa de EcuadorSun, 17 Apr 2016 02:23:00 +0200.

El poderoso terremoto frente a Ecuador se sintió también en varias ciudades de Colombia. Prelim. 2016/04/16-18:58:37 TL Mag:6.5 Prof 10.00 km Near Coast of Ecuador Instituto Geofísico (@IGecuador) 17 de abril de 2016 El organismo geofísico
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У берегов Эквадора случилось мощное землетрясение, объявлена угроза цу ... Sun, 17 Apr 2016 02:21:00 +0200.

. Землетрясение магнитудой 7,5 произошло у берегов Эквадора, объявлена угроза цунами. Об этом сообщает ТАСС со ссылкой на Немецкий центр исследования земли. Дополнительных данных пока нет.
Japón: Población evita viviendas tras de 2 noches de sismosSun, 17 Apr 2016 02:13:00 +0200.

Los Tanaka se unieron a aproximadamente otros 50 residentes del poblado de Ozu, en el sur de Japón, que estaban planeando dormir el sábado en sus automóviles en un parque público después de dos noches de terremotos crecientemente más atemor
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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),