M 5.9 in Japan on 23 Jun 2016 21:05 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 1088703
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.6145 , 123.3857
Event Date: 23 Jun 2016 21:05 UTC
24 Jun 2016 05:05 Local
Exposed Population:
About 3036 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Jun 2016 21:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200066bv 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: 372 | About casualties: 59 | Last hour: 0

Anh Quốc rơi tự do sau Brexit?Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:07:00 +0200.

Image copyright Getty Image caption Chia sẻ Bà Samantha nhìn chồng, thủ tướng David Cameron tuyên bố từ chức Hôm qua Chủ Nhật ở Anh có một vụ tai nạn. Tại công viên giải trí vùng North Lanarkshire, chiếc xe rồng (rollercoaster) bị trật đ
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10 - EEUU afirma que Brexit es un ‘‘tsunami’’ que tocará a Latinoaméri ... Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:29:00 +0200.

La salida de Reino Unido de la Unión Europea (UE) es un tsunami que tarde o temprano va a tocar a Latinoamérica, afirmó en Panamá la subsecretaria estadounidense para el Hemisferio Occidental, Mari Carmen Aponte. E l Mundo. Venezuela. RI P
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Witnesses describe terrifying roller coaster crash in ScotlandMon, 27 Jun 2016 18:59:00 +0200.

Investigators in Scotland want to know what caused the violent crash of a roller coaster at a theme park in the town of Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Witnesses described hearing the initial sounds of screaming children. But the
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"El 'Brexit' es un 'tsunami' que tocará América Latina"Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:54:00 +0200.

Los mayores costos de este dramático vuelco recaen sobre los mercados periféricos, cuyas bolsas y riesgo se desploman ante la salida de capitales y la devaluación de sus monedas. "Definitivamente que va a tocar a Latinoamérica, porque es un
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),