M 4.6 in Japan on 12 May 2016 17:43 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 1086183
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 37.58 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.5425 , 141.8238
Event Date: 12 May 2016 17:43 UTC
13 May 2016 02:43 Local
Exposed Population:
477600 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 May 2016 20:18 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: 659 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Strong quake hits Japan; no tsunami dangerMon, 16 May 2016 17:26:00 +0200.

A strong earthquake shook Tokyo and other cities in eastern Japan on Monday, but officials said there is no danger of a tsunami. The Meteorological Agency said the earthquake had an initial magnitude of 5.6 and was centered in southern Ibar
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عام / زلزال بقوة 5.6 درجات يضرب طوكيوMon, 16 May 2016 17:21:00 +0200.

طوكيو 09 شعبان 1437 هـ الموافق 16 مايو 2016 م واس أعلنت الأرصاد الجوية اليابانية أن زلزالا بلغت قوته 6ر5 درجة على مقياس ريختر ضرب شرقي البلاد اليوم دون صدور تحذير من وقوع موجات تسونامي. وهز الزلزال المباني في العاصمة طوكيو والمناطق المجاورة
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Study: Massive Tsunami Could Hit HawaiiMon, 16 May 2016 17:18:00 +0200.

Big waves are usually welcomed in Hawaii, but things get more serious when the surf turns from something to play in into something to run from. Back in 1946, a large tsunami that produced waves up to 130 feet tall battered parts of Hilo, Ha
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Terromoto en Tokio y en otras ciudades del este de JapónMon, 16 May 2016 17:16:00 +0200.

Tokio, Japón.- AFP Un terremoto de magnitud 5,4 sacudió el lunes Tokio y gran parte del este de Japón, anunció el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos(USGS). Las autoridades japonesas precisaron que no hubo riesgo de tsunami. El sismo se ha
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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),