M 4.8 in Japan on 08 Apr 2017 22:20 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 1109790
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 42.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.5413 , 141.5045
Event Date: 08 Apr 2017 22:20 UTC
09 Apr 2017 07:20 Local
Exposed Population:
710000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Apr 2017 22:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us10008fxn 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 426 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

1:52 Japan,UN to Work Jointly on Natural DisastersWed, 12 Apr 2017 20:26:00 +0200.

Tokyo, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) A group of Japanese lawmakers pledged to work with the United Nations to promote international contributions, in order to deal with natural disasters, the press reported Wednesday. Robert Glasser, special repr
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Frayles se ahogan en tsunami de GuaymasWed, 12 Apr 2017 18:52:00 +0200.

Guasave, Sinaloa.- Ostioneros de Guaymas no se anduvo por las ramas y aprovechando a la perfección el jugar en su gimnasio, conocido como el Tsunami de la avenida 6, destronó a Frayles de Guasave en el primer duelo de la serie por 106-96. A
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12:08 Japón trabaja con la ONU para hacer frente a desastres naturalesWed, 12 Apr 2017 18:20:00 +0200.

12 de abril de 2017, 12:08 Tokio, 12 abr (PL) Un grupo de legisladores japoneses se comprometió a trabajar con Naciones Unidas para promover las contribuciones internacionales de cara a hacer frente a desastres naturales, informó hoy la pre
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¥5 trillion of Japan’s disaster reconstruction funds unused, governmen ... Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:50:00 +0200.

About ¥5 trillion in government funds earmarked for reconstruction projects in areas hit by the March 2011 disaster had not been used as of the end of fiscal 2015, the Board of Audit of Japan said Wednesday. The figure accounted for about 1
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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),