M 4.8 in Japan on 19 Jun 2017 20:32 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 1115292
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 26.7234 , 129.6148
Event Date: 19 Jun 2017 20:32 UTC
20 Jun 2017 05:32 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jun 2017 21:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20009nmi 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 478 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

Putting Others First Can Cost Lives in EmergenciesFri, 23 Jun 2017 19:39:00 +0200.

Selfless heroism isn't the best strategy in life-and-death disaster situations involving groups of people, a new study from the University of Waterloo suggests. The study, which used computer modeling of a flooded subway station, found over
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Frank Hsieh meets with Japanese diplomats in TokyoFri, 23 Jun 2017 18:45:00 +0200.

A newly appointed Japanese official responsible for ties with Taiwan on Thursday met with Representative to Japan Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) and exchanged views on improving bilateral relations. Yasuaki Tanizaki, who on Monday took the reins of the
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The World Is BurningFri, 23 Jun 2017 17:35:00 +0200.

ROME, Jun 23 (IPS) - Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are to come and. This implies more drought, more food insecurity, more famine and more massive human displacements. Herders collect water wit
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Why you shouldn't try to be a heroFri, 23 Jun 2017 17:29:00 +0200.

The study was based on an actual three-level underground space in Kyoto, Japan, that consists of a subway platform, garage and shopping mall. Severe flooding from a nearby river was simulated, with a mix of normal-aged adults and pensioners
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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),