M 4.6 in Japan on 23 Dec 2016 02:27 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 1101573
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 28.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4467 , 141.4738
Event Date: 23 Dec 2016 02:27 UTC
23 Dec 2016 11:27 Local
Exposed Population:
601978 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2016 03:22 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007m60 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: 326 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Organizaciones denuncian ausencia de protocolos de crisis en industria ... Tue, 27 Dec 2016 02:12:00 +0100.

El sismo 7,6 grados Richter registrado este domingo al sur de Chiloé no produjo mayores daños en la infraestructura portuaria, en la pesca artesanal ni en las compañías salmoneras que operan en el Archipiélago. Así lo confirmó la Subsecreta
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Indonesia marks tsunami 12 years ago with prayersTue, 27 Dec 2016 02:02:00 +0100.

Print : World BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Thousands of Indonesians prayed for their loved ones at mass graves and mosques on Monday to mark a tsunami which devastated Aceh province 12 years ago today, one of the worst natural disasters in human
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Chile: Chile - Earthquake (ECHO, PTWC, USGS, GDACS, Media) (ECHO Daily ... Tue, 27 Dec 2016 01:49:00 +0100.

An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude was registered in southern Chile on 25 December 2016 at a depth of 35 km. The quake's epicentre was 40 km southwest of Puerto Quellon in southern Chile. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had issued a tsunami
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Terremoto de 7,6 grados remeció Chile y generó alerta de tsunamiTue, 27 Dec 2016 01:46:00 +0100.

Terremoto de 7,6 grados en Chile causó daños materiales en Quellón, al sur de ese país. (Foto: @zportman / Twitter) En plenas celebraciones de Navidad , un terremoto de magnitud 7,6 sacudió la localidad de Quellón, en el sur de Chile , y,
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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),