M 5.2 in Japan on 02 Sep 2016 13:29 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 1093146
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 28.15 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.4527 , 141.4904
Event Date: 02 Sep 2016 13:29 UTC
02 Sep 2016 22:29 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2016 13:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jn9 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 691 | About casualties: 83 | Last hour: 0

Asian typhoons becoming more intenseTue, 06 Sep 2016 12:09:00 +0200.

The researchers warn that global warming will lead the giant storms to become even stronger in the future, threatening the large and growing coastal populations of those nations, the Guardian wrote. “It is a very, very substantial increase,
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642 millions de personnes seront touchées d’ici 2040 Une tragédie nomm ... Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:44:00 +0200.

De notre envoyée spéciale à Copenhague, Salima Akkouche Les maladies chroniques non transmissibles sont à l’origine de 77 % des décès en Algérie et le diabète représente la troisième cause de mortalité. Une personne décède toutes les six se
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Typhoons Slamming Asia Are Becoming Frequent And More Intense, Researc ... Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:32:00 +0200.

The impact of warming oceans on fragile marine organisms such as corals is already well-documented. What is less well-known is the effect of warming seas on the intensity and destructive power of tropical cyclones pummeling the coastlines o
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Global Warming 2016: Asian Typhoons More Intense, Says StudyTue, 06 Sep 2016 11:18:00 +0200.

Typhoons that devastate the coastlines of East and Southeast Asia have intensified by up to 50 percent in the last 40 years, according to the study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. However, experts believe that this would not get
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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),