M 4.6 in Japan on 29 Sep 2016 11:57 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 1094920
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 9.32 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4943 , 141.7563
Event Date: 29 Sep 2016 11:57 UTC
29 Sep 2016 20:57 Local
Exposed Population:
123130 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Sep 2016 12:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006tsc 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: 520 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

VIDEO: Rok s Nautilem. Nejmodernější vědecká loď zkoumala cunami, chob ... Mon, 03 Oct 2016 11:17:00 +0200.

64metrové plavidlo s posádkou 17 námořníků a 31 vědců je pro úkol „poznávat a zkoumat“ vybavené špičkovými přístroji. Základ tvoří dvě dálkově ovládané miniponorky Hercules a Argus. Ty dohromady představují systém, který se dostane i na ta
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Suffolk woman to take on might of the Pacific in a row boatMon, 03 Oct 2016 11:01:00 +0200.

Departing from Choshi in Japan in May next year, Lia will row around 5,500 nautical miles to San Francisco in California – a journey that will last between four to six months, with the nearest person overhead in the International Space Stat
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China: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (27 ... Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:42:00 +0200.

CHINA. On 27 September, Typhoon Megi, made landfall in Taiwan Province of China killing four people and injuring over 160 people. Megi caused power outages which affected over 3 million houses – the worst disruption of electrical supply in
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Korea braces for another powerful typhoonMon, 03 Oct 2016 09:33:00 +0200.

A powerful typhoon with heavy rain and gusty winds is approaching the Korean Peninsula. Typhoon Chaba, the 18th this year, is moving northward at the speed of 22 kilometers per hour from 280 kilometers south of Okinawa as of Monday 9 a.m.,
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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),