M 4.7 in Japan on 07 May 2016 09:16 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 1085865
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.1492 , 129.22
Event Date: 07 May 2016 09:16 UTC
07 May 2016 18:16 Local
Exposed Population:
About 18788 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 May 2016 09:48 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: 507 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Ecuador: On Shaky Ground: One Month after the Earthquake in EcuadorWed, 11 May 2016 08:59:00 +0200.

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Canadian oil production trickles back as wildfire threat easesWed, 11 May 2016 08:25:00 +0200.

Oil sands companies around the Canadian energy center of Fort McMurray began to restart operations on Tuesday after an out-of-control wildfire forced a week-long shutdown. Top provincial and industry officials said production in much of the
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Borse 10 Maggio Mag 2016 08 39 23 ore fa Tokyo chiude in rialzo in sci ... Wed, 11 May 2016 08:05:00 +0200.

Il Nikkei ha guadagnato il 2,15%. Il ministro delle Finanze del Giappone, Taro Aso, ha detto che il governo potrebbe intervenire per stabilizzare i mercati dei cambi, se necessario. Roma, 08:39 - 23 ore fa (AGV NEWS) Lo yen si è indebolito
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El estallido que no deja de sonarWed, 11 May 2016 07:54:00 +0200.

Pasaron 70 años y cualquiera podría pensar que es mucho tiempo. Pero en Hiroshima aún perduran los efectos secundarios del primer ataque con bomba atómica de la historia. Por cortés y reservada que sea la sociedad japonesa, con ellos se enc
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),