M 5 in Japan on 14 Nov 2016 16:15 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 1098415
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 50.48 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.8979 , 140.8188
Event Date: 14 Nov 2016 16:15 UTC
15 Nov 2016 01:15 Local
Exposed Population:
7231528 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2016 20:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100077qz 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1686 | About casualties: 151 | Last hour: 0

Sõjas põhja lastud laevade vrakid kadusid Indoneesia vetest jäljetultFri, 18 Nov 2016 15:09:00 +0100.

Seda suurem oli allveearheoloogide vaimustus, kui Hollandi aluste vrakid 2002. aastal lõpuks merepõhjast üles leiti. Merelahingu aukoht kuulutati kaitsealuseks hauapaigaks, kuid, kui nüüd mindi seda lähemalt uurima, ilmnes, et laevavrakid o
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Não há preocupação com questão de saúde em Fukushima para Tóquio 2020, ... Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:44:00 +0100.

Por Chris Gallagher. TÓQUIO (Reuters) - Não há temores de jogar em Fukushima devido ao acidente nuclear de 2011 na cidade, e realizar a Olimpíada lá ou não irá depender das instalações e do cronograma, e não da questão de saúde, disse o pre
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Así se prepara Japón para un futuro gran tsunamiFri, 18 Nov 2016 14:39:00 +0100.

Japón espera en las próximas décadas un gran tsunami con olas de más de 30 metros de altura. Con la memoria todavía muy reciente tras el desastre de Fukushima, construye torres, rutas de evacuación, muros de contención y refugios. Fuente: E
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Japan prepares itself for 30 metre high tsunami in futureFri, 18 Nov 2016 14:34:00 +0100.

Less than a km from the Nankoku coast in Kochi prefecture, work is on to erect one of the 90 evacuation towers that have already been built in the region. Flanked by a floating capsule -- to aid escape in case of a tsunami -- the two-storey
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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.
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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),