M 5.7 in Volcano Islands, Japan Region on 11 Sep 2017 17:35 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 1121206
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.9219 , 142.3135
Event Date: 11 Sep 2017 17:35 UTC
12 Sep 2017 02:35 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Sep 2017 13:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000ak7u Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 365 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Tir de missile nord-coréen : Macron et Poutine appellent à des «négoci ... Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:07:00 +0200.

Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU doit se réunir en urgence ce vendredi, après un nouveau tir de missile par la Corée du Nord qui a survolé le Japon. La réunion se tiendra à 15 heures (21 heures à Paris), a indiqué la présidence éthiopienne d
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The Latest: SKorea, Japan discuss North Korea's missile testFri, 15 Sep 2017 16:00:00 +0200.

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2017, file photo, Earthquake and Volcano of the Korea Monitoring Division Director Ryoo Yong-gyu speaks to the media about North Korea's artificial earthquake with a map of the Korean peninsular in Seoul, South Korea
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The Latest: SKorea, Japan discuss North Korea's missile testFri, 15 Sep 2017 14:29:00 +0200.

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2017, file photo, Earthquake and Volcano of the Korea Monitoring Division Director Ryoo Yong-gyu speaks to the media about North Korea's artificial earthquake with a map of the Korean peninsular in Seoul, South Korea
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The Latest: SKorea, Japan discuss North Korea's missile testFri, 15 Sep 2017 14:29:00 +0200.

North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean on Friday, U.S. and South Korean militaries said, its longest-ever such flight and a clear message of defiance. (Sept. 15) FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2
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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.
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),