M 5.1 in Japan on 21 Aug 2016 23:13 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 1092293
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 16.17 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.7664 , 143.5782
Event Date: 21 Aug 2016 23:13 UTC
22 Aug 2016 09:13 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Aug 2016 23:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006fn0 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: 495 | About casualties: 59 | Last hour: 0

España, entre los países menos vulnerables a desastres naturalesThu, 25 Aug 2016 22:09:00 +0200.

Terremoto, tsunami, ciclón o inundaciones... el riesgo de que un evento natural se convierta en un desastre depende de la intensidad de este pero también de la preparación para hacer frente a situaciones extremas. El Informe sobre Riesgo Mu
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Myanmar soldiers, police seal off quake-damaged ancient templesThu, 25 Aug 2016 21:49:00 +0200.

BAGAN - Truckloads of soldiers and squadrons of police sealed off some of the centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around Myanmar's ancient capital of Bagan on Thursday, a day after at least 187 of the brick temples were damaged in a powerful ear
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The World's Next Big EarthquakeThu, 25 Aug 2016 21:07:00 +0200.

While the Umbrian town of Norcia in Italy is still dealing with the damage done by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Wednesday, it may just be the beginning of more disasters to come. On Thursday, the Italian Civil Protection Departmen
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Next Big Earthquake In The World: After Italy, Which Countries Are At ... Thu, 25 Aug 2016 20:57:00 +0200.

While the Umbrian town of Norcia in Italy is still dealing with the damage done by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Wednesday, it may just be the beginning of more disasters to come. On Thursday, the Italian Civil Protection Departmen
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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),