M 4.6 in Japan on 08 Dec 2016 10:58 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 1100299
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 12.13 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.556 , 140.7381
Event Date: 08 Dec 2016 10:58 UTC
08 Dec 2016 19:58 Local
Exposed Population:
2126420 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2016 22:01 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007z4u 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 589 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Les tests pour détecter l’infidélité peu populaireMon, 12 Dec 2016 00:57:00 +0100.

Faire analyser les sous-vêtements de son partenaire pour clarifier des soupçons d’infidélité est de plus en plus populaire aux États-Unis, tandis que les Québécois semblent moins enclins à utiliser ce grand moyen. On ne fait pas une enquête
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Help for quake victimsSun, 11 Dec 2016 22:25:00 +0100.

SYDNEY - The Solomon Islands plans to dispatch emergency supplies to areas affected by a 6.9 magnitude aftershock on Saturday, a day after a much larger tremor triggered a tsunami warning that send hundreds of coastal people fleeing into th
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UNICEF marks 70 years of tireless work for world’s most vulnerable chi ... Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:30:00 +0100.

On the 70th anniversary of its founding, UNICEF celebrated the immense progress made for the world’s children and renews the urgent call to reach millions of children whose lives and futures are endangered by conflict, crisis, poverty, ineq
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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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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),