M 4.6 in Japan on 08 Dec 2016 08:15 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 1100282
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 6.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4173 , 141.5831
Event Date: 08 Dec 2016 08:15 UTC
08 Dec 2016 17:15 Local
Exposed Population:
422701 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2016 08:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007z3w 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: 798 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

سلمان الحمود.. النبتة مثمرة فاستمرSun, 11 Dec 2016 19:16:00 +0100.

عبدالله الفضلي | الدور الذي قدمه ويقدمه وزير الاعلام، وزير الدولة لشؤون الشباب الشيخ سلمان الحمود الصباح عبر مسيرتة المشهودة، لا يمكن أن تعرقلها صرخات مغرضة من هنا أو هناك، والمتابع لهذا الدور المميز يدرك بما لا يدع مجالا للشك أن هذه النبتة
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Russia snubs Japan’s dog diplomacy ahead of Putin visitSun, 11 Dec 2016 19:05:00 +0100.

TOKYO: Russia has turned down Tokyo’s latest attempt at dog diplomacy ahead of a summit between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later this month, an aide said, as the two leaders look to end a decades-old territorial
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Nuova forte scossa sui Sibillini, magnitudo 4.3Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:51:00 +0100.

(Di domenica 11 dicembre 2016) CASTELSANTANGELO SUL NERA Una Nuova scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 4.3 è stata registrata nella zona di Castelsantangelo sul Nera, pochi minuti prima delle 14, alle 13 e 54. La scossa è avvenuta ad ... La n
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Le mystère du pic de carbone 14 de l’an 994Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:39:00 +0100.

le travail d’une autre équipe nippone qui a identifié, dans les anneaux de croissance de cèdres du Japon, un net surplus de carbone 14 ( 14 C) pour l’année 993-994 de notre ère. Isotope radioactif du carbone, le 14 C est formé dans l’atmosp
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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),