M 4.9 in Japan on 25 May 2016 05:22 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 1086925
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 55.87 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.0825 , 142.1672
Event Date: 25 May 2016 05:22 UTC
25 May 2016 14:22 Local
Exposed Population:
587450 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 May 2016 05:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 521 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Sea monster who 'saves' the dead from the seaSun, 29 May 2016 04:50:00 +0200.

GEORGE TOWN: Fisherman Yeoh Lye Hin has earned the nickname hai guai (sea monster in Chinese) for a reason. For over five decades, he has been involved in the recovery of at least 80 bodies from the sea in Penang, either alone or while help
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Thailand's Ning Nong the elephant saved Amber Owen in 2004 tsunamiSun, 29 May 2016 03:39:00 +0200.

Just moments before, the tide had suddenly receded, and though Amber had no idea what was happening, a huge tsunami was about to smash across the beach. ‘But Ning Nong definitely did know,’ Amber recalls. ‘While some people ran to pick up t
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Thailand's Ning Nong the elephant saved Amber Owen in 2004 tsunamiSun, 29 May 2016 03:04:00 +0200.

Just moments before, the tide had suddenly receded, and though Amber had no idea what was happening, a huge tsunami was about to smash across the beach. ‘But Ning Nong definitely did know,’ Amber recalls. ‘While some people ran to pick up t
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خريف الأفاعيSun, 29 May 2016 01:34:00 +0200.

النتائج التي اسفرت عنها الدورات الثلاث للبلديات والمخاتير، بيروت، جبل لبنان، الجنوب، كانت معبرة عن صمود الروح الديموقراطية عند اللبنانيين، التي حاول كل منتهكي السيادة والحرية من ميليشيات مذهبية منذ السبعينات وحتى تشريف حزب سليماني بعد تحرير
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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),