M 4.8 in Japan on 27 Feb 2017 02:17 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 1106555
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.3758 , 143.5068
Event Date: 27 Feb 2017 02:17 UTC
27 Feb 2017 12:17 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Feb 2017 02:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008mky 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: 484 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Nation-Now 26 mins ago 5:20 p.m. Air pollution in Asia is wafting into ... Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:54:00 +0100.

Air pollution from China, India and several other Asian countries has wafted across the Pacific Ocean over the past 25 years, increasing levels of smog in the western U.S., a study finds. Smog, also known as ground-level ozone, is harmful t
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Does George Bush Have A Crush On Michelle Obama? He Likes Everybody Wh ... Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:39:00 +0100.

Former President George W. Bush says he likes Michelle Obama and the two have shared a few laughs while attending events. In an interview with People magazine posted Wednesday, Bush said Obama “kind of likes my sense of humor. Anybody who l
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Does George Bush Have A Crush On Michelle Obama?Fri, 03 Mar 2017 00:57:00 +0100.

Former President George W. Bush says he likes Michelle Obama and the two have shared a few laughs while attending events. In an interview with People magazine posted Wednesday, Bush said Obama “kind of likes my sense of humor. Anybody who l
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Air pollution in Asia is wafting into the USAFri, 03 Mar 2017 00:41:00 +0100.

Air pollution from China, India and several other Asian countries has wafted across the Pacific Ocean over the past 25 years, increasing levels of smog in the western U.S., a study finds. Smog, also known as ground-level ozone, is harmful t
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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),