M 4.7 in Japan on 04 Dec 2016 11:42 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 1099972
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 6.23 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.2249 , 141.5594
Event Date: 04 Dec 2016 11:42 UTC
04 Dec 2016 20:42 Local
Exposed Population:
470501 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Dec 2016 12:01 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007esv 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 2495 | About casualties: 369 | Last hour: 0

Aid groups descend on Indonesia quake zone as deaths reach 102Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:19:00 +0100.

Humanitarian organisations descended on Indonesia’s Aceh province Thursday as the government promised tonnes of emergency aid and officials raced to assess the full extent of damage from an earthquake that killed more than 100 people. Volun
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Aid groups descend on Indonesia quake zone; deaths reach 102Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:18:00 +0100.

MEUREUDU, Indonesia (AP) — Humanitarian organizations descended on Indonesia's Aceh province Thursday as the government promised tons of emergency aid and officials raced to assess the full extent of damage from an earthquake that killed mo
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The Latest: Australia offers help with Aceh quake responseThu, 08 Dec 2016 11:16:00 +0100.

MEUREUDU, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that hit Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday (all times local): 3:50 p.m. The Australian government, which has a sometimes testy relationship with its northern neighbor
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Indonesia: Singapore Red Cross commits S$50,000 to support Aceh disast ... Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:14:00 +0100.

Singapore, 8 December 2016 - Singapore Red Cross (SRC) will commit S$50,000 for relief items to support the disaster response efforts for the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck near the province of the Pidie Jaya District in Aceh, Indones
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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),