M 4.6 in Japan on 21 Oct 2016 05:53 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 1096113
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.384 , 133.772
Event Date: 21 Oct 2016 05:53 UTC
21 Oct 2016 14:53 Local
Exposed Population:
2901279 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Oct 2016 06:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007ftj 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: 858 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Natural disaster may up dementia risk for elderly: studyTue, 25 Oct 2016 05:48:00 +0200.

Dementia should be considered a health risk for elderly survivors of natural disasters, a new study led by Harvard University researchers suggested Monday. It found the number of elderly people with symptoms of dementia tripled after the 20
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Duterte: Equal sharing from Chinese investmentsTue, 25 Oct 2016 04:52:00 +0200.

TUGUEGARAO CITY - President Duterte on Sunday promised that every Filipino would get an equal share from investment pledges made by China, where he made a state visit during the week Supertyphoon "Lawin" devastated Cagayan Valley, the Iloco
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First woman Everest climber diesTue, 25 Oct 2016 03:24:00 +0200.

The first woman to ascend Everest, Japanese climber Junko Tabei, has died aged 77, her family say. Tabei conquered Everest in May 1975, aged 35, before climbing all of the world’s seven highest peaks by 1992. She was diagnosed with cancer o
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Prepare Buildings in Nigeria for Possible Earthquakes, Says BCPGTue, 25 Oct 2016 02:48:00 +0200.

According to a statement signed by the President of BCPG, Bldr. Kunle Awobodu, and their Publicity Secretary, Arc. George Akinola, Shaki in Oyo State had been subjected to intermittent earth tremors this year and that this climaxed in the f
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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),