M 4.7 in Japan on 24 Dec 2016 09:21 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 1101671
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 44.73 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.8632 , 141.8077
Event Date: 24 Dec 2016 09:21 UTC
24 Dec 2016 18:21 Local
Exposed Population:
About 62049 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Dec 2016 09:49 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007mgz 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 2714 | About casualties: 98 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia: Indonesia: AMDA Emergency Relief for Sumatra Earthquake 04 ... Wed, 28 Dec 2016 08:58:00 +0100.

Situation Analysis. December 7, 2016 at 05:03 WIB a strong earthquake with a magnitude 6.5 hit the Aceh province in Sumatra Island of Indonesia. The shock was reported to be at a depth of 8.2 km and the epicenter was located near the villag
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48 Titik di Pesisir Lampung Rawan Tsunami LUAS perairan laut Lampung m ... Wed, 28 Dec 2016 08:35:00 +0100.

LUAS perairan laut Lampung mencapai 24,820 km persegi atau 41,2 persen dari wilayah Provinsi Lampung, panjang garis pantai 1.105 km, dan 130 buah pulau kecil. Di samping itu terdapat Gunung Anak Krakatau yang masih aktif. Karena itu, seluru
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Zwölf Jahre danach: Zehntausende gedenken der Tsunami-OpferWed, 28 Dec 2016 08:03:00 +0100.

Khao Lak - In mehr als einem Dutzend Ländern rund um den Indischen Ozean haben Menschen am zweiten Weihnachtstag bei Gedenkfeiern an die Opfer des verheerenden Tsunamis vor zwölf Jahren erinnert. Rund 230 000 Menschen waren im Jahr 2004 ges
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Rest of Asia WATCH: Japan's Abe attends Pearl Harbor events Abe does n ... Wed, 28 Dec 2016 05:57:00 +0100.

Abe does not plan to apologise for the 1941 attack but to console the souls of those who died in the war. More than 429,000 people were evacuated from their homes in vulnerable areas and over 330 flights were cancelled due the typhoon. The
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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),