M 4.8 in Japan on 14 Aug 2017 09:11 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 1119278
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 109.71 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.8071 , 140.0929
Event Date: 14 Aug 2017 09:11 UTC
14 Aug 2017 18:11 Local
Exposed Population:
38890000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Aug 2017 09:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.8 -0.8
us2000a7zp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 473 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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من عبدالسلام السلات الكويت - 18 - 8 (كونا) -- تواصل دولة الكويت ريادتها في دعم مختلف أوجه العمل الإنساني الذي خصصت له منظمة الأمم المتحدة يوما عالميا في التاسع عشر من أغسطس كل عام تقديرا لكل من يقدم العون والمساعدات الإغاثية للناس حول العال
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دولة الكويت تواصل ريادتها في دعم العمل الإنساني حول العالمFri, 18 Aug 2017 08:42:00 +0200.

من عبدالسلام السلات الكويت - 18 - 8 (كونا) -- تواصل دولة الكويت ريادتها في دعم مختلف أوجه العمل الإنساني الذي خصصت له منظمة الأمم المتحدة يوما عالميا في التاسع عشر من أغسطس كل عام تقديرا لكل من يقدم العون والمساعدات الإغاثية للناس حول العال
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7.2 büyüklüğünde deprem olacakFri, 18 Aug 2017 08:30:00 +0200.

Mert İnan. 17 Ağustos Gölcük depreminin 18'inci yıldönümünde Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü'nde kamuoyunu bilgilendirme toplantısı düzenlendi. Olası Marmara depremine yönelik son veri ve çalışmaları
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Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes north of Ascension Island - USGSFri, 18 Aug 2017 08:26:00 +0200.

Aug 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 struck on Friday in the South Atlantic Ocean about 790 km (490 miles) north of Ascension Island, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was no immediate tsunami warning is
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),