M 4.8 in Japan on 21 Jan 2017 11:54 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 1103731
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 40.6429 , 142.3952
Event Date: 21 Jan 2017 11:54 UTC
21 Jan 2017 20:54 Local
Exposed Population:
170000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2017 12:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007um8 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1141 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

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Geheimnisse der Tiefe: RiesenwellenWed, 25 Jan 2017 10:48:00 +0100.

Nicht erst seit dem verheerenden Tsunami vor Japans Küste kennt die Menschheit die unberechenbare Gefahr, die von großen Meereswellen ausgeht. Wie erklären das Zustandekommen und das Zerstörungspotenzial der drei gefährlichsten Wellenarten:
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Japan sees 1st trade surplus on cheaper oil, China reboundWed, 25 Jan 2017 09:46:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan posted its first trade surplus in six years in 2016 thanks to a rebound in exports late in the year and persisting low oil prices, though uncertainties over U.S. policy and global growth are overshadowing the recovery. Th
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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),