M 4.5 in Japan on 18 May 2016 13:33 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 1086508
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 34.89 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.327 , 141.7166
Event Date: 18 May 2016 13:33 UTC
18 May 2016 22:33 Local
Exposed Population:
617283 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 May 2016 13:51 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: 1049 | About casualties: 60 | Last hour: 0

Kyushu quakes spur national rethink of guidelines for emergency suppli ... Sun, 22 May 2016 13:14:00 +0200.

Kumamoto. Facing criticism in the wake of last month’s Kyushu quakes for its failure to provide for just the basic needs of tens of thousands of displaced people, the central government and municipalities are rethinking their disaster prepa
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YEARS AGOSun, 22 May 2016 12:04:00 +0200.

Today is Sunday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2016. There are 223 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED PRESS. On this date in: 1860: The United States and Japan exchange ratifications of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce at a ceremony in Washington
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New smartphone app can detect earthquakesSun, 22 May 2016 11:39:00 +0200.

Scientists have developed an app that crowdsources ground-shaking information from smartphones to detect earthquakes and eventually warns users of impending jolts from nearby quakes. (Reuters) Scientists have developed an app that crowdsou
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Ecuador – en månad efter jordbävningenSun, 22 May 2016 11:31:00 +0200.

Enligt officiella rapporter bor 28 000 människor fortfarande i tillfälliga boenden. Hittills har 660 personer bekräftats döda. För de som överlevde väntar utmaningar under en lång tid framöver. Möt Silvana, Glas och Jeanina – tre av alla de
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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),