M 5.5 in Japan on 15 Apr 2016 18:55 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 1084461
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 14.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.9851 , 131.134
Event Date: 15 Apr 2016 18:55 UTC
16 Apr 2016 03:55 Local
Exposed Population: 7650000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Apr 2016 15:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
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: 1325 | About casualties: 185 | Last hour: 0

Ada 32 Hotel di Bali Tersertifikasi Siaga Bencana TsunamiTue, 19 Apr 2016 18:42:00 +0200.

DENPASAR, KOMPAS.com - Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD) Provinsi Bali telah memberikan sertifikat bagi 32 hotel yang siap melakukan penanggulangan bencana tsunami. Hal ini disampaikan oleh Dewa Made Indra, Kepala BPBD Provinsi Bal
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Colombia se encuentra bajo amenaza sísmicaTue, 19 Apr 2016 18:31:00 +0200.

Aproximadamente el 7 % del territorio nacional descansa sobre el Pacífico, recordó el profesor Josef Farbiarz, director del Centro de Proyectos e Investigaciones Sísmicas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín. “Si se toman lo
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- Dévastées -Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:25:00 +0200.

Une femme marche dans les rues dévastées par un tremblement de terre à Mashiki au Japon. Une femme marche dans les rues dévastées par un tremblement de terre à Mashiki au Japon ....
Aumenta a 47 la cifra de muertos por terremotos en JapónTue, 19 Apr 2016 18:24:00 +0200.

19/04/2016 11:19 / Tokio, Japón Autoridades de Japón elevaron hoy a 47 los muertos y más de mil 100 los heridos por los dos terremotos registrados la semana pasada en la prefectura de Kumamoto, seguidos de más de 620 réplicas, según datos d
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),