M 4.8 in Japan on 01 Jul 2016 05:39 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 1089146
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 78.97 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.5167 , 131.754
Event Date: 01 Jul 2016 05:39 UTC
01 Jul 2016 14:39 Local
Exposed Population:
4822437 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Jul 2016 06:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10005z0q 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: 339 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Sismo de mediana intensidad vuelve a sacudir el norte del paísTue, 05 Jul 2016 05:23:00 +0200.

La Serena 1440 AM | Valparaíso 92.5 FM | Santiago 92.1 FM | San Fernando 99.1 FM | Talca 94.5 FM | Los Ángeles 100.5 FM | Temuco 770 AM. Sismo de mediana intensidad vuelve a sacudir el norte del país El movimiento telúrico se sintió a las
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First typhoon of season approaching OkinawaTue, 05 Jul 2016 04:41:00 +0200.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has announced the formation of the first typhoon of this season. The formation of the typhoon was observed at 09:00 on June 3rd, making it the second latest typhoon on record since 1951 when the records were
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US ready to help Southeast Asia fight extremist sea attacksTue, 05 Jul 2016 03:48:00 +0200.

The US military is concerned about a series of attacks and abductions of tugboat crewmen by Abu Sayyaf extremists in Southeast Asian waters and is willing to lend a hand if needed as part of America's aim to ensure the freedom and safety of
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STROMBOLI Spiagge nere 'regalate' ai privatiTue, 05 Jul 2016 00:10:00 +0200.

A Spiaggia lunga, la più esclusiva e lontana delle spiagge di sabbia nera non si potrebbe mettere su proprio nessun tipo di struttura o di attività, non fosse altro che per motivi di sicurezza visto che, ogni cento metri, a Stromboli si tro
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),