M 4.6 in Japan on 12 Jul 2017 19:04 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 1116788
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 13.82 Km
Lat/Lon: 26.1001 , 128.4025
Event Date: 12 Jul 2017 19:04 UTC
13 Jul 2017 04:04 Local
Exposed Population:
1260000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jul 2017 22:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20009vry 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: 484 | About casualties: 23 | Last hour: 0

Bundesrat-Kandidat Cassis: «Ich habe erwartet, dass viel Gift fliesst»Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:23:00 +0200.

«Wie einen Tsunami», waren für Ignazio Cassis die letzten Tage: «Medienrummel habe ich schon mehrmals erlebt, etwa bei der Annahme der Masseneinwanderungs-Initiative, aber so personenzentriert war er noch nie.» Sabine Wunderlin weniger «Wie
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Tsunami, war and microfinance - how credit loans are destroying Battic ... Sun, 16 Jul 2017 15:03:00 +0200.

Microfinance loans with soaring interest rates have been left the community in Batticaloa trapped in a cycle of debt, reports The Hindu. In a piece entitled “Getting sucked into a quicksand of debt” , villagers in the Eastern town described
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Alaskans shrug at threatSun, 16 Jul 2017 11:42:00 +0200.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In Washington, the news that North Korea may have developed an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting Alaska set off a wave of anxiety. But in Alaska -- already home to survivalists, end-of-the-world prep
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6 Kolumni: Kalifornia on paratiisi, joka voi tuhoutua minä päivänä hyv ... Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:01:00 +0200.

Takana on pitkä lento ja hapui­levat ajo­kilometrit vieraan suur­kaupungin ilta­päiväruuhkassa. Kun vuorokauden reissaamisen jälkeen istahdan vessanpytyn kannelle harjaamaan hampaita, silmät painuvat jo väkisin kiinni. Äkkiä säpsähdän puoli
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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),