M 4.5 in Japan on 29 Aug 2016 10:22 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 1092862
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 42.18 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.6682 , 141.438
Event Date: 29 Aug 2016 10:22 UTC
29 Aug 2016 19:22 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Aug 2016 10:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006v0p 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: 453 | About casualties: 79 | Last hour: 0

Silne trzęsienie ziemi w Nowej ZelandiiFri, 02 Sep 2016 10:07:00 +0200.

Władze zarządziły ewakuację osady po trzęsieniu ziemi o sile 7,1 st. , które wystąpiło pod dnem morskim u wybrzeży Północnej Wyspy Nowej Zelandii. Mieszkańcom innych rejonów zalecono schronienie się na wyżej położonych miejscach. Epicentrum
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Nouvelle-Zélande: Après le tremblement de terre de magnitude 7,1, la p ... Fri, 02 Sep 2016 09:59:00 +0200.

Un petit tsunami, la plus haute vague n’ayant atteint que 30 cm, a touché vendredi les côtes orientales de la Nouvelle-Zélande à la suite d’un fort séisme en mer qui n’a fait ni victimes ni dégâts, ont annoncé les autorités. Celles-ci avaie
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El fuerte terremoto de Nueva Zelanda provoca un tsunami con olas de 21 ... Fri, 02 Sep 2016 09:57:00 +0200.

El terremoto de magnitud 7,1 en la escala de Richter que ha sacudido la costa este de la Isla Norte neozelandesa ha generado un leve tsunami que no ha causado daños, según han informado este viernes los medios locales. Las autoridades neoze
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Japan typhoon death toll rises to 14Fri, 02 Sep 2016 09:50:00 +0200.

By AFP 20 mins ago in Environment The death toll from a devastating typhoon in northern Japan rose to 14, officials said Friday, as another powerful storm approached the country's south. Two bodies were found separately near rivers on the
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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),