M 4.6 in Japan on 24 May 2016 09:48 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 1086876
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.1104 , 141.9845
Event Date: 24 May 2016 09:48 UTC
24 May 2016 18:48 Local
Exposed Population:
1307948 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 May 2016 12:03 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 497 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Los terremotos más devastadores de los últimos añosSat, 28 May 2016 09:31:00 +0200.

En los últimos años, el mundo ha sido impactado por terremotos que han dejado miles de muertos, millones de damnificados y graves daños materiales. Un sismo de magnitud 7,6 sacudió este sábado a Ecuador y causó, hasta el momento, unos 28 m
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Frederic Llordachs: "La tecnología aliviará el ritmo de trabajo de los ... Sat, 28 May 2016 09:24:00 +0200.

D. G. C. Frederic Llordachs i Marques es el invitado estrella de las jornadas técnicas SICARM/DIATIC que se celebraron ayer en el auditorio de Murcia. Cofundador de Doctoralia, una plataforma que conecta a pacientes de todo el mundo con los
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Terremoto, due forti scosse al largo delle Fiji: magnitudo 6.6, nessun ... Sat, 28 May 2016 09:19:00 +0200.

Due forti scosse di terremoto, entrambe di magnitudo 6,6, sono state registrate oggi circa 200 chilometri a sudest di Fiji, nell'oceano Pacifico, a una profondità di 417 e 420 chilometri. Lo ha reso noto l'Istituto geologico statunitense (U
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Terremoti al largo di FijiSat, 28 May 2016 09:06:00 +0200.

ROMA, 28 MAG - Due violente scosse di terremoto, entrambe di magnitudo 6,6, sono state registrate oggi circa 200 chilometri a sudest di Fiji, nell'oceano Pacifico, a una profondità di 417 e 420 chilometri. Lo ha reso noto l'Istituto geologi
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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),