M 4.5 in Japan on 18 Jan 2017 08:19 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 1103516
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 36.4874 , 140.6252
Event Date: 18 Jan 2017 08:19 UTC
18 Jan 2017 17:19 Local
Exposed Population:
6170000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jan 2017 23:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007u0t Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 727 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

news: Schweres Erdbeben der Stärke 8,0 in Papua-NeuguineaSun, 22 Jan 2017 08:10:00 +0100.

Sydney – Ein schweres Erdbeben der Stärke 8,0 hat am Sonntag Papua-Neuguinea im Pazifik erschüttert. Nach Angaben der US-Erdbebenwarte lag das Zentrum des Bebens 40 Kilometer westlich von Panguna in gut 150 Kilometern Tiefe. Das Tsunami-War
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La Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée touchée par un séisme de magnitude 8Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:10:00 +0100.

Un séisme de magnitude 8 a frappé dimanche la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, a annoncé l'Institut d'études géologiques américain USGS, tandis que des alertes au tsunami étaient lancées dans la région. Le tremblement de terre s'est produit vers
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Pacific tsunami alert downgraded after powerful 7.9 earthquake in Papu ... Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:09:00 +0100.

SYDNEY， Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii had downgraded its alert for the Pacific after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake and ensuing aftershock struck Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Sunday. The deep earthquake stuck 47
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Pacific tsunami alert issued after 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Papua N ... Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:09:00 +0100.

SYDNEY， Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has issued an alert for the Pacific after a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The undersea earthquake struck 41 km northwest of Pang
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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.
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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),