M 4.5 in Japan on 12 May 2016 16:03 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 1086185
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 7.61 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.6909 , 130.5713
Event Date: 12 May 2016 16:03 UTC
13 May 2016 01:03 Local
Exposed Population:
6695947 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 May 2016 18:24 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: 567 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Un séisme secoue Tokyo et l'est du paysMon, 16 May 2016 15:50:00 +0200.

Japon Un tremblement de terre de magnitude 5,4 a été ressenti lundi soir à Tokyo et dans une grande partie de l'est du Japon. Ni dommages ni blessés n'ont été signalés dans l'immédiat par la chaîne de télévision publique NHK, mais les imme
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Strong quake shakes eastern Japan; no tsunami dangerMon, 16 May 2016 15:49:00 +0200.

The earthquake also shook Tsukuba, where science and technology ministers from the Group of Seven nations are meeting. A strong earthquake has shaken Tokyo and other cities in eastern Japan, but officials say there is no danger of a tsunam
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Un sismo de 5,6 grados sacudió el centro de JapónMon, 16 May 2016 15:49:00 +0200.

Un sismo de 5,6 grados en la escala de Richter sacudió hoy el centro de Japón, y se sintió en la ciudad de Tokio, aunque no se reportaron daños ni se emitieron alertas de tsunami por parte de la agencia meteorológica nacional (JMA). El temb
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Землетрясение магнитудой 5,6 произошло к северу от ТокиоMon, 16 May 2016 15:49:00 +0200.

Сейсмологи зафиксировали землетрясение магнитудой 5,6 в префектуре Ибараки к северу от Токио, сообщается на Японского метеорологического агентства. Толчки произошли в 21:23 по местному времени на глубине 40 км. Сейсмическая активность была
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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),