M 4.6 in Japan on 30 Jul 2016 07:40 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 1090940
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 33.74 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.9169 , 140.5832
Event Date: 30 Jul 2016 07:40 UTC
30 Jul 2016 16:40 Local
Exposed Population:
15699663 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Jul 2016 08:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100068q4 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: 601 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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Japón adopta un nuevo programa de estímulo económicoWed, 03 Aug 2016 06:08:00 +0200.

El Gobierno de Japón adoptó hoy un nuevo programa de estímulo para impulsar la debilitada economía por un monto total de 28,1 billones de yen (246.000 millones de euros o 275.000 millones de dólares). El Gobierno del primer ministro Shinzo
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Nation/WorldWed, 03 Aug 2016 05:51:00 +0200.

The parents of “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the makers of Jeep Grand Cherokees, claiming the company manufactured unsafe gear selectors that led to their 27-year-old son being crushed in his
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Nation & WorldWed, 03 Aug 2016 04:56:00 +0200.

The parents of “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the makers of Jeep Grand Cherokees, claiming the company manufactured unsafe gear selectors that led to their 27-year-old son being crushed in his
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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),