M 5.2 in Japan on 24 Jun 2017 22:02 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 1115660
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.8174 , 137.6121
Event Date: 24 Jun 2017 22:02 UTC
25 Jun 2017 07:02 Local
Exposed Population:
4390000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jun 2017 22:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us20009piw 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: 436 | About casualties: 46 | Last hour: 0

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Milli sismik gemisi MTA Oruç Reis hizmete hazırWed, 28 Jun 2017 21:25:00 +0200.

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Distant Earthquakes Can Cause Underwater LandslidesWed, 28 Jun 2017 21:22:00 +0200.

. Published: June 28, 2017. Released by American Geophysical Union WASHINGTON, DC -- New research finds large earthquakes can trigger underwater landslides thousands of miles away, weeks or months after the quake occurs. Researchers analyzi
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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),