M 4.6 in Japan on 01 Sep 2016 23:27 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 1093099
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 42.27 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.2714 , 141.7977
Event Date: 01 Sep 2016 23:27 UTC
02 Sep 2016 08:27 Local
Exposed Population:
1087307 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2016 00:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jhv 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: 476 | About casualties: 47 | Last hour: 0

Study: Typhoons that slam Asia getting much strongerMon, 05 Sep 2016 22:42:00 +0200.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific — especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch — have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes. Overall, landfalling Asian
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Typhoons that slam Asia getting much stronger, per studyMon, 05 Sep 2016 21:37:00 +0200.

By Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer. WASHINGTON — Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific — especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch — have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes.
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Typhoons battering Asia getting much stronger: studyMon, 05 Sep 2016 21:33:00 +0200.

. Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific — especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch — have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes. Overall, landfalling Asian typhoon intensity has
...(more)
Study: Typhoons that slam Asia getting much strongerMon, 05 Sep 2016 21:06:00 +0200.

Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific — especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch — have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes. Overall, landfalling Asian typhoon intensity has in
...(more)

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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),