M 4.6 in Japan on 08 Jul 2017 11:48 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 1116499
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 41.62 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4727 , 141.5877
Event Date: 08 Jul 2017 11:48 UTC
08 Jul 2017 20:48 Local
Exposed Population:
410000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Jul 2017 12:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10009855 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: 462 | About casualties: 38 | Last hour: 0

Bill Clinton resalta valor del café como ancla de desarrollo de zonas ... Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:53:00 +0200.

"Necesitamos ver el café como un ancla para una economía de las sociedades rurales más estable y que en áreas con problemas como Colombia ayude a la gente a alejarse del terror y la violencia", indicó Clinton en su participación en el Prime
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Zweifelhafte AfD-Helfer in der Grauzone Ein dubioser Verein wirbt für ... Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:01:00 +0200.

Wie finanziert die AfD ihren Wahlkampf? Zu etwaigen Spendern gibt die Partei keine Auskunft. „Die wenigen Spenden, die wir sammeln, fallen hier nicht sonderlich ins Gewicht“, sagt AfD-Sprecher Christian Lüth dem Handelsblatt. Und auch Verbi
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Increase in huntresses seen helping keep wildlife-related crop damage ... Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:10:00 +0200.

The number of female hunters in the nation has been growing recently, raising expectations that they will become major players in protecting farms from damage caused by animals. Women who held hunting licenses totaled 3,184 in fiscal 2014,
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Magnitude-6.4 Earthquake Strikes off New Zealand CoastWed, 12 Jul 2017 07:59:00 +0200.

SYDNEY – A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck offshore south of New Zealand on Tuesday, with no casualties or damage reported so far. The New Zealand Department of Civil Defense said there was no risk of a tsunami, although the tremor was felt
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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),