M 5 in Japan on 26 Sep 2016 02:24 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 1094685
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 65.04 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.8926 , 142.2176
Event Date: 26 Sep 2016 02:24 UTC
26 Sep 2016 11:24 Local
Exposed Population:
About 83337 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Sep 2016 02:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006sn0 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
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 707 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

U.S. civil engineering society issues first tsunami-safe building stan ... Fri, 30 Sep 2016 02:09:00 +0200.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has included, for the first time, a chapter on tsunami hazards in the national construction standards. The new edition, known as ASCE 7-16, was developed by
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California Getting Earthquake Early Warning System ReadyFri, 30 Sep 2016 01:05:00 +0200.

Californians will begin getting warnings of impending earthquakes through their cellphones, radios and other devices within the next year or two as the state ramps up a lifesaving early warning system, emergency management officials said Th
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فيلم يوثق مشاريع الدعم القطري لليابانFri, 30 Sep 2016 00:41:00 +0200.

طوكيو ـ الراية : قالت السيدة يوميكو ماسودا، منتجة الفيلم الوثائقي الياباني حول الدعم القطري لليابان إن الفيلم رسالة شكر وعرفان بالجميل إلى دولة قطر التي كان لها السبق في مد يد العون لليابان بعد كارثتي زلزال وتسونامي ٢٠١١. وكشفت في لقاء مع ا
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Governor OKs plan for earthquake early warnings newFri, 30 Sep 2016 00:35:00 +0200.

Doug Given, earthquake warning coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey, discusses the development of the earthquake early warning system in California, as Mark Ghilarducci, director of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, center,
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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),