M 4.6 in Japan on 29 May 2016 15:31 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 1087193
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 38.51 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.2675 , 125.1904
Event Date: 29 May 2016 15:31 UTC
29 May 2016 23:31 Local
Exposed Population:
About 60522 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 May 2016 17:24 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: 704 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Indonesian earthquake causes injuries, damages buildingsThu, 02 Jun 2016 15:25:00 +0200.

Residents take shelter on higher ground after an earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, in the city of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia March 2, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. — Reuters pic PADANG, June 2 — A powerful ear
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Airlink Seeks To Double Airline Partner NumbersThu, 02 Jun 2016 15:13:00 +0200.

Airlink executive director Steven Smith has a clear mission and vision, “we would like to double our airline partners and deepen our network so we have sufficient capacity when needed,” he told the Executive Report. His timeframe is clear,
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Earthquake in Indonesia, storm in Pakistan kill dozenThu, 02 Jun 2016 14:53:00 +0200.

Hanoi (VNA) – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake shocked west Indonesia on the morning of June 2, killing one person and injuring 14 others. The quake also damaged several houses but no tsunami warning has been issued.. Head of the West Sumatra Dis
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Prefeito de Catende passa mal durante condução coercitiva em operaçãoThu, 02 Jun 2016 14:50:00 +0200.

O prefeito de Catende Otacílio Carvalho passou mal durante o cumprimento de um mandado de condução coercitiva na manhã desta quinta-feira (2). De acordo com Marcos Antônio, procurador do município, a Operação Tsunami tinha uma mandado para
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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),