M 4.9 in Japan on 19 Jul 2016 23:50 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 1090282
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 49.22 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.3169 , 142.1742
Event Date: 19 Jul 2016 23:50 UTC
20 Jul 2016 08:50 Local
Exposed Population:
1201944 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jul 2016 00:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006g0h 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 411 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Ermsdorf am „Tag 1“ nach der Flut: "Ët wor wéi een Tsunami..."Sat, 23 Jul 2016 20:04:00 +0200.

(ArWa) - „Et wor wéi éen Tsunami“, so eine Einwohnerin aus Ermsdorf am Samstag, dem Tag eins nach der großen Flut vom Freitagabend, noch sichtlich unter Schock. Das Ganze hätte gerade mal etwas über 20 Minuten gedauert, dann stand das Wasse
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PruVolunteers build homes in Bantayan IslandSat, 23 Jul 2016 17:55:00 +0200.

“Prudence Foundation has a long-term and heartfelt commitment to support Asian communities, and nothing is more fulfilling for us than to help and see people stand firm again after an adversity.” “We are thankful to the local government uni
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Moderate Earthquake Hits Southwest Of Sumatra, IndonesiaSat, 23 Jul 2016 12:19:00 +0200.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (Bernama) - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale struck the southwestern part of Sumatra, Indonesia at 3.41 pm today, according to the Meteorological Department. The epicentre of the quake was 960 k
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Tamer Öncül TARİH (LER) ÖNEMLİDİR!..Sat, 23 Jul 2016 11:38:00 +0200.

TARİH (LER) ÖNEMLİDİR!.. 23 Temmuz 2016, 11:21 Tarih bilmezsen, tarih yazmaya kalkmayacaksın (boşuna araştırma yapmayın, bu sözü ünlü birileri değil; ben söyledim!) Size birileri dayatsa bile, bir şey yapmaya “kalkışmadan” önce tarihin hang
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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),