M 4.5 in Japan on 06 Dec 2016 00:05 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 1100102
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.9545 , 137.3778
Event Date: 06 Dec 2016 00:05 UTC
06 Dec 2016 09:05 Local
Exposed Population:
6254162 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2016 00:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007f2w 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
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 479 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

World Vision says hundreds affected by Solomon Islands quakeFri, 09 Dec 2016 23:54:00 +0100.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Hundreds of people in remote parts of the Solomon Islands have had their homes damaged or destroyed by a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Friday, an aid organization said. There have been no death
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World Vision says hundreds affected by Solomon Islands quakeFri, 09 Dec 2016 23:54:00 +0100.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Hundreds of people in remote parts of the Solomon Islands have had their homes damaged or destroyed by a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Friday, an aid organization said. There have been no death
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Aceh earthquake: Spectre of Boxing Day tsunami haunts as 23,000 displa ... Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:52:00 +0100.

Her wooden home, on stilts above water, is intact after the earthquake. However the family is too traumatised to return after living through the 2004 disaster, which struck the day before Ms Yusuf's wedding and almost washed away their home
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World Vision says hundreds affected by Solomon Islands quakeFri, 09 Dec 2016 23:52:00 +0100.

By NICK PERRY Associated Press. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Hundreds of people in remote parts of the Solomon Islands have had their homes damaged or destroyed by a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Friday, an aid organizatio
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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),