M 5.1 in Japan on 21 Aug 2016 12:49 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 1092274
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 13.29 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.6884 , 143.7548
Event Date: 21 Aug 2016 12:49 UTC
21 Aug 2016 22:49 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Aug 2016 13:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006fkm 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: 421 | About casualties: 47 | Last hour: 0

Building the foundations of Pacific stabilityThu, 25 Aug 2016 12:34:00 +0200.

WASHINGTON – This month, I completed a two-week, six-stop tour of the Pacific, beginning with a visit to the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii. It was a fitting way to start the trip, a reminder that the U.S. Army is critical to
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Bali: levée de boucliers contre un méga-projet d'îles artificiellesThu, 25 Aug 2016 12:31:00 +0200.

Habillés en sarongs, portant des coiffes traditionnelles, des milliers d'Indonésiens manifestent bruyamment contre un méga-projet touristico-immobilier sur l'île paradisiaque de Bali. Ils dénoncent une menace pour l'environnement et la
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Dopo il terremoto vanno rimosse le password ai Wi-Fi. Ecco il motivoThu, 25 Aug 2016 12:15:00 +0200.

Nelle ore immediatamente successive a un disastro naturale capita di frequente che le reti telefoniche siano intasate, rendendo difficile l’accesso alle informazioni così come le comunicazioni tra vittime, dispersi, parenti e operatori di e
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Amatrice come l’11 settembre e lo tsunami in Giappone: dopo un terremo ... Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:46:00 +0200.

(Di giovedì 25 agosto 2016) Il Prof. Michele Gulizia, Direttore di Cardiologia Ospedale Garibaldi di Catania, intervistato a Radio Cusano Campus, emittente dell’Università Niccolò Cusano, da Andrea Lupoli, ha spiegato gli effetti della paur
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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),