M 4.5 in Japan on 23 May 2016 16:42 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 1086850
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 56.43 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.6023 , 140.2952
Event Date: 23 May 2016 16:42 UTC
24 May 2016 01:42 Local
Exposed Population:
35838452 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 May 2016 20:30 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: 520 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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Megalomanský Mars. Na rudé planetě řádily vlny tsunami až tisíckrát vě ... Fri, 27 May 2016 13:56:00 +0200.

Mars se podle většiny výzkumníků krátce po svém vzniku nápadně podobal Zemi. Ne že by naše planeta měla být stejně přívětivá navždy. V horizontu několika miliard let se stane pro život podobně nehostinnou jako dnešní Mars. Zatímco ale modrá
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Un terremoto de 6,4 sacude la región de Fiyi en el PacíficoFri, 27 May 2016 13:44:00 +0200.

Esta región sufre habitualmente terremotos de magnitud superior a los cinco grados Un terremoto de 6,4 de magnitud en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió hoy la región sureste de las Islas Fiyi, en el Pacífico sur, sin que las autoridades
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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),