M 4.8 in Japan on 11 Jul 2016 20:54 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 1089785
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.4019 , 139.4005
Event Date: 11 Jul 2016 20:54 UTC
12 Jul 2016 05:54 Local
Exposed Population:
About 16880 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Jul 2016 21:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100062px 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: 505 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

TVA completes key tests for newest Watts Bar nuclear unitFri, 15 Jul 2016 14:34:00 +0200.

The Unit 2 reactor at Watts Bar, which first began limited power generation in May, was raised to 50 percent of its 1,150-megawatt generating capacity last week before plant operators conducted load rejection tests to dramatically swing pow
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Former Japan nuclear regulator lashes out over earthquake standardsFri, 15 Jul 2016 12:52:00 +0200.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A former senior official of Japan's atomic watchdog has lashed out publicly at the agency's response to his concerns over the assessment of earthquake risks to nuclear plants, adding to a controversy over safety five years
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شاهد.. مصور يتسلل إلى المنطقة المحظورة في فوكوشيماFri, 15 Jul 2016 12:43:00 +0200.

بعد كارثة عام 2011 التي وقعت في محطة فوكوشيما للطاقة النووية، قامت السلطات اليابانية باغلاق المناطق المحيطة بالمنطقة أمام العامة. المنطقة المحظورة في اليابان. في يونيو تموز عام 2015 تجاوز المصور كيوي وي لونغ واثنين من زملائه الحظر ودخلوا ال
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Former Japan nuclear regulator lashes out over earthquake standardsFri, 15 Jul 2016 12:41:00 +0200.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A former senior official of Japan's atomic watchdog has lashed out publicly at the agency's response to his concerns over the assessment of earthquake risks to nuclear plants, adding to a controversy over safety five years
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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),