M 4.6 in Japan on 16 Nov 2016 16:01 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 1098596
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 61.26 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.5829 , 140.1729
Event Date: 16 Nov 2016 16:01 UTC
17 Nov 2016 01:01 Local
Exposed Population:
36448616 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Nov 2016 23:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usa0014cs4 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: 616 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

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Los diez peores accidentes ferroviarios de la historiaSun, 20 Nov 2016 13:04:00 +0100.

La red ferroviaria india es, ha dejado casi un centenar de muertos y más de cien heridos. con 65.000 kilómetros de recorrido , la cuarta por longitud del mundo, detrás de Estados Unidos, Rusia y China, cuenta con 1,3 millones de empleados y
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Israel innovates and the world takes noteSun, 20 Nov 2016 11:42:00 +0100.

Israel’s tech sector, one of the world’s most dynamic, remains an important driver of economic growth and innovation for the country. Perennially ranked as one of the most innovative countries in the world, Israel continues to produce an as
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Brownlee blasts GeoNet comments 38 minutes agoSun, 20 Nov 2016 10:30:00 +0100.

Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has blasted comments made by the head of Geonet - saying he feels blindsided. Brownlee said he took issue with Dr Ken Gledhill, who works for GNS Science and heads its Geonet department, talking
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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),