M 6 in Japan on 09 May 2017 01:54 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 1112481
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.4414 , 126.2875
Event Date: 09 May 2017 01:54 UTC
09 May 2017 09:54 Local
Exposed Population: Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 May 2017 02:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008qnw 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: 486 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

"Si el GNC pasa a valer como la nafta, sería un tsunami"Sat, 13 May 2017 01:32:00 +0200.

"El GNC tiene que costar un precio similar al de la nafta; a igual poder calórico, precio similar" , aseguró el ministro de Energía, Juan José Aranguren , y en seguida se prendieron todas las alarmas de los empresarios del sector, como así
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MAHAYANA BUDDHISM and NICHIREN DAISHONINSat, 13 May 2017 01:04:00 +0200.

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando. The value of life does not lie in the number of years, but in the use you make of them. Whether you have lived enough depends on your will, not on the number of years.-Michael de Montaigne 1553-1592. According to S
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Maltempo: a Milano esonda il Seveso, allarme a Lampedusa affondati due ... Sat, 13 May 2017 00:14:00 +0200.

(Di venerdì 12 maggio 2017) Marrobbio, bombe d’acqua, frane. Un’Italia caratterizzata da forte Maltempo , in diverse zone della penisola. Quello più singolare a Lampedusa , il marrobbio, il livello del mare che si abbassa e alza improvvisam
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L’Italia flagellata dal maltempo I fiumi esondano, frane e bombe d’acq ... Fri, 12 May 2017 20:50:00 +0200.

Quello più singolare a Lampedusa, il marrobbio, il livello del mare che si abbassa e alza improvvisamente con alte ondate durante il forte vento. Un mini tsunami lo ha definito il sindaco, Giusi Nicolini: «Siamo di fronte ad una calamità na
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),