M 6 in Japan on 20 Aug 2016 15:58 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 1092223
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.2933 , 143.7539
Event Date: 20 Aug 2016 15:58 UTC
21 Aug 2016 01:58 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Aug 2016 16:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006ffg 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: 401 | About casualties: 90 | Last hour: 0

News At least 38 dead after 6.2 earthquake in central italyWed, 24 Aug 2016 15:47:00 +0200.

“The whole ceiling fell but did not hit me,” resident Maria Gianni told the Associated Press. “I just managed to put a pillow on my head and I wasn’t hit luckily, just slightly injured my leg.” The picturesque medieval town of about 3,000 r
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A long history of deadly earthquakes in ItalyWed, 24 Aug 2016 15:39:00 +0200.

Italy has two fault lines, making it one of the most tectonically active countries in Europe. The country has a long history of earthquakes, with one in Sicily dating back to 1169, killing at least 15,000 people. Here are some of the most d
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News At least 38 dead after 6.2 earthquake in central italyWed, 24 Aug 2016 15:38:00 +0200.

“The whole ceiling fell but did not hit me,” resident Maria Gianni told the Associated Press. “I just managed to put a pillow on my head and I wasn’t hit luckily, just slightly injured my leg.” The picturesque medieval town of about 3,000 r
...(more)
The world's deadliest earthquakes since 2000Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:36:00 +0200.

A magnitude 6 earthquake shook central Italy early on Wednesday, followed hours later by a magnitude 6.8 temblor in Myanmar. Here is a list of some of the world's deadliest earthquakes since 2000: April 16, 2016: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),