M 4.8 in Japan on 23 Aug 2016 22:02 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 1092412
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 45.78 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.2447 , 130.4695
Event Date: 23 Aug 2016 22:02 UTC
24 Aug 2016 07:02 Local
Exposed Population:
About 336 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Aug 2016 22:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006g6i 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
Satellite products
Analytical products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 827 | About casualties: 140 | Last hour: 0

Survival in the rubble dependent on many factorsSat, 27 Aug 2016 20:06:00 +0200.

NEW YORK--How long can people survive in the rubble of an earthquake? A week or more under the best circumstances, some experts say. That means the trapped victims aren't seriously injured, they have air to breathe and the weather isn't to
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Terremoti, a Matera il centro di eccellenza scientifica. Castelluccio: ... Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:03:00 +0200.

MATERA – « Il Centro di geodesia spaziale di Matera da polo internazionale di eccellenza scientifica ha un ruolo importante da svolgere nello studio dei terremoti. È stato proprio qui, per esempio, che è stato misurato lo spostamento dell’a
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Scientists warn oil explorations can cause tremors, earthquakesSat, 27 Aug 2016 17:32:00 +0200.

Following recent earth tremors in some parts of the country, some scientist have warned that earthquakes can be triggered by oil and gas exploration, among other human activities, especially in the Niger Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (N
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Survival of quake victims depends on many factorsSat, 27 Aug 2016 17:21:00 +0200.

NEW YORK (AP) — How long can people survive in the rubble of an earthquake? A week or more under the best circumstances, some experts say. That means the trapped victims aren’t seriously injured, they have air to breathe and the weather isn
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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),