M 4.6 in Japan on 15 Apr 2016 22:23 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 1084477
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.7572 , 130.7381
Event Date: 15 Apr 2016 22:23 UTC
16 Apr 2016 07:23 Local
Exposed Population:
7818100 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2016 22:57 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 438 | About casualties: 48 | Last hour: 0

Marines position for Japan earthquake reliefTue, 19 Apr 2016 22:04:00 +0200.

. US Marine Corps News. By Capt. Jennifer Giles | April 19, 2016. Four MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni today at the request of
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Marines deliver earthquake relief supplies to KyushuTue, 19 Apr 2016 22:04:00 +0200.

. US Marine Corps News. By Capt. Jennifer Giles | April 19, 2016. Two MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit delivered relief supplies to Hakusui Sport Park on the island of Kyu
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AJC Supports IsraAid Relief Efforts in EcuadorTue, 19 Apr 2016 22:02:00 +0200.

NEW YORK April 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC is partnering with IsraAid, the Israeli humanitarian relief organization, to provide emergency assistance in Ecuador , struck by a devastating earthquake. "We mourn with the people of E
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SUBE A 480 CIFRA DE FALLECIDOS POR TERREMOTO EN ECUADOR, HERIDOS SUMAN ... Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:46:00 +0200.

En el reporte, además, se confirma que 20.503 personas han sido albergadas, hay 805 edificaciones destruidas 608 edificaciones afectadas y 146 escuelas que tambien han sufrido daños a nivel nacional. Mediante el Decreto Presidencial No. 100
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),