M 4.7 in Japan on 17 Feb 2017 01:18 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 1105750
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 19.54 Km
Lat/Lon: 25.0981 , 125.1279
Event Date: 17 Feb 2017 01:18 UTC
17 Feb 2017 10:18 Local
Exposed Population:
About 52000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Feb 2017 02:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008kde Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 424 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

بصيص أمل «لينيني» ليساريّي أميركا اللاتينيةTue, 21 Feb 2017 01:08:00 +0100.

بعد عامين مليئين بالانتكاسات المُحبطة، جاء بصيص الأمل ليساريي أميركا اللاتينية من الإكوادور، في ضوء التقدم الكبير الذي حققه المرشح المدعوم من الرئيس المنتهية ولايته رافاييل كوريا، في الانتخابات العامة التي جرت أول من أمس. اسم المرشح الأوفر
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Forte terremoto sacode capital do Panamá e gera alertaTue, 21 Feb 2017 00:08:00 +0100.

Um terremoto de magnitude 5 graus na escala Richter sacudiu nesta segunda-feira a capital do Panamá, e centenas de pessoas deixaram seus escritórios nos prédios do centro da cidade, mas não houve danos materiais ou vítimas. O diretor do In
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Avistamientos inexplicables de este pez alimentan temores de terremoto ... Mon, 20 Feb 2017 23:55:00 +0100.

. Avistamientos inexplicables de este pez alimentan temores de terremoto en Filipinas. Tres peces remo, que normalmente viven cerca del fondo del océano, se han encontrado en las costas de Filipinas, lo que es temido por los habitantes lo
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Study shows refugees’ and immigrants’ resilience in disastersMon, 20 Feb 2017 23:23:00 +0100.

Many immigrants and refugees were resilient to the Canterbury Earthquakes due to their previous experiences of disasters and war in their homelands, according to research from the University of Auckland. Sociology academics from the Faculty
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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),