M 4.5 in Japan on 15 May 2016 03:56 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 1086321
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 15.47 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.0756 , 128.9924
Event Date: 15 May 2016 03:56 UTC
15 May 2016 12:56 Local
Exposed Population:
About 3015 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 May 2016 04:21 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 432 | About casualties: 32 | Last hour: 0

Ecuador shaken by 7.2 magnitude quakeThu, 19 May 2016 03:46:00 +0200.

QUITO - A powerful 7.2 magnitude quake shook Ecuador on Wednesday, one month after a much larger quake killed some 700 people, the country's Geophysical Institute said in a preliminary report. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 11:
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Reportan un muerto por réplica de terremoto en EcuadorThu, 19 May 2016 03:43:00 +0200.

El gobernante señaló que el Comité de Operaciones de Emergencia (COE) confirmó un segundo sismo de 6.8 grados Richter, ocurrió a las 11:46 horas locales (16:46 GMT) de este miércoles, sin que se emitiera alerta de tsunami. "Los dos eventos
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Aftershock rattles earthquake-hit EcuadorThu, 19 May 2016 03:33:00 +0200.

A powerful magnitude 6.7 aftershock early yesterday rattled Ecuador near the Pacific coast area where a devastating earthquake hit a month ago, knocking out power and scaring still-traumatised residents as they slept but only limited damage
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Ecuador vuelve a remecer con un Sismo de 7,2 grados de magnitudThu, 19 May 2016 03:27:00 +0200.

Transcurridos un mes desde el desastroso movimiento telúrico el cual dejó sin vida a alrededor de 700 personas y múltiples perdidas económicas , el día de ayer se encendieron nuevamente las alarmas del vecino país, tras acontecer un sismo d
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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),