M 4.8 in Japan on 24 Nov 2016 04:48 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 1099178
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 24.84 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.2384 , 141.243
Event Date: 24 Nov 2016 04:48 UTC
24 Nov 2016 13:48 Local
Exposed Population:
1305173 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Nov 2016 05:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007c0i 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: 874 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Al menos 56 réplicas han sacudido a El Salvador después de...Sun, 27 Nov 2016 23:25:00 +0100.

EL SALVADOR.- El gobierno de El Salvador informó hoy que se han registrado al menos 56 réplicas después del sismo ocurrido el jueves pasado. El epicentro del terremoto se dio frente a la costa de Usulután. El mismo se sintió en gran parte d
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Disminuye la actividad sísmica en El Salvador tras terremoto 7.2Sun, 27 Nov 2016 22:40:00 +0100.

Desde el mediodía del jueves, se reportó una media de 19 réplicas diarias, con magnitudes de entre 4 y 5. Por Acan-EFE 27.nov.2016 | 14:35. El Gobierno de El Salvador informó el domingo de que en las últimas 24 horas se registró una dismin
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PANIC STATIONS: Secret plan to WALL OFF Europe if Turkey unleashes '3m ... Sun, 27 Nov 2016 22:32:00 +0100.

GETTY Nick Gutteridge Serbia has secret plans to build a border fence if a fresh influx of migrants occurs States in central Europe and the Balkans have been put on red alert for another massive wave of asylum seekers after Recep Tayyip Erd
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El Salvador: 62 réplicas se sintieron tras terremotoSun, 27 Nov 2016 21:41:00 +0100.

San Salvador, (EFE).- El Gobierno de El Salvador informó hoy de que en las últimas 24 horas se registró una disminución de la actividad sísmica, respecto a días posteriores al terremoto de magnitud 7,2 en la escala abierta Richter que sacud
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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),