M 4.9 in Japan on 27 Feb 2017 09:10 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 1106573
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 52.39 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.3131 , 142.9835
Event Date: 27 Feb 2017 09:10 UTC
27 Feb 2017 18:10 Local
Exposed Population:
380000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Feb 2017 10:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us20008mn2 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: 491 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

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Air pollution in Asia is wafting into the USA, increasing smog in WestFri, 03 Mar 2017 08:32:00 +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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Землетрясение магнитудой 5,2 произошло на юго-западе ЯпонииFri, 03 Mar 2017 08:28:00 +0100.

ДУШАНБЕ, 03.03.2017 /НИАТ «Ховар»/. Землетрясение магнитудой 5,2 произошло в районе острова Кюсю на юго-западе Японии. По данным Национального метеорологического управления, эпицентр находился в районе префектуры Кумамото, очаг залегал на г
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Holding match in curfew-like situation not good for country’s image: I ... Fri, 03 Mar 2017 08:14:00 +0100.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has criticised the government’s decision to host the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final in Lahore, saying holding a cricket match in a curfew-like situation would be detrimental t
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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),