M 5.2 in Japan on 30 May 2016 09:47 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 1087237
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.4483 , 126.4694
Event Date: 30 May 2016 09:47 UTC
30 May 2016 17:47 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 May 2016 10:09 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: 755 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Wave of consternationFri, 03 Jun 2016 08:56:00 +0200.

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16 hurt, buildings damaged in Sumatra quakeFri, 03 Jun 2016 08:20:00 +0200.

Some buildings in West Sumatra province, near the epicentre, were damaged but there was no tsunami, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency . The agency's head of data and information, Dr Sutopo Nugroho, said the local
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Dunia imefikia mwisho wake!!Fri, 03 Jun 2016 07:13:00 +0200.

Ile Sayari ya Nibiru au Planet X ambayo wanasayansi duniani wamedai inaielekea dunia kwa kasi ya ajabu na huenda ikaipiga, habari mpya ni kwamba imekaribia lakini pia tukio la kupatwa kwa jua, Septemba Mosi, mwaka huu inazidi kuwapa hofu wa
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Naturkatastrophe: Taucher in Bayern finden sechstes Todesopfer nach Un ... Fri, 03 Jun 2016 06:54:00 +0200.

Simbach/Hamminkeln. Mindestens sechs Tote, mehrere Vermisste und Millionenschäden in Bayern: Zwei Tage nach der Flutwelle vom Mittwoch wird das ganze Ausmaß der Katastrophe klar. Orte wie Simbach am Inn und Triftern sind in weiten Teilen ve
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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),