M 5 in Japan on 29 Sep 2016 23:21 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 1094953
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.5167 , 141.7414
Event Date: 29 Sep 2016 23:21 UTC
30 Sep 2016 08:21 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Sep 2016 23:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006tze 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: 520 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Japón cancela cientos de vuelos por entrada de tifón 'Chaba'Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:58:00 +0200.

03/10/2016 13:41 / Tokio, Japón Cientos de vuelos nacionales e internacionales fueron cancelados hoy en la terminal de la meridional prefectura japonesa de Okinawa por la inminente llegada del tifón Chaba, que se prevé toque tierra esta noc
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Sur de Japón se prepara para embate del potente tifón ChabaMon, 03 Oct 2016 20:40:00 +0200.

Las islas del sur de Japón se preparan hoy para el embate del potente tifón Chaba, que antes de su llegada prevista para esta noche al archipiélago ha obligado a cancelar más de 200 vuelos nacionales. A las 10:45 p.m. Chaba, el decimoctavo
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JAPAN: NASA 3 D Animation of ‘Violent’ Super Typhoon Chaba October 03Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:32:00 +0200.

Super Typhoon Chaba, also known regionally as Igme, was upgraded to ?violent? by the Japan Meteorological Agency on Monday with gusts reaching up to 200 mph. Reports said that the typhoon is headed towards mainland Japan, past Okinawa in th
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Japón cancela cientos de vuelos por la llegada del tifón 'Chaba'Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:36:00 +0200.

Varios coches aparecen volcados a causa del desbordamiento del río Kinugawa tras las fuertes lluvias generadas por un tifón en Japón. (Archivo/EFE) Agencias TOKIO, Japón.- Cientos de vuelos nacionales e internacionales fueron cancelados ho
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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),