M 5.3 in Japan from 22 Sep 2017 23:49 UTC to 23:49

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1122110
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 28.28 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.3313 , 141.101
Event Date: 22 Sep 2017 23:49 UTC
23 Sep 2017 08:49 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Sep 2017 00:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000atex 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 907 | About casualties: 49 | Last hour: 0

Japan hit by strong earthquakeTue, 26 Sep 2017 23:54:00 +0200.

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Japón registra sismo de 6 grados de magnitudTue, 26 Sep 2017 23:45:00 +0200.

Un sismo de magnitud 6.0 se registró en el norte de Japón. Por el momento no había reportes sobre daños o heridos, y tampoco riesgo de un tsunami. La Agencia Meteorológica de Japón informó que el sismo ocurrió a las 5:22 horas (0822 GMT) de
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Strong earthquake shakes northern JapanTue, 26 Sep 2017 23:44:00 +0200.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck off northern Japan. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no risk of a tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake hit at 5.22am on Wedesday (9.22am NZT) off Iwate prefe
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes northern Japan; No tsunami riskTue, 26 Sep 2017 23:43:00 +0200.

. Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes northern Japan; No tsunami risk A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck off northern Japan. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no risk of tsunami. By: | Tokyo | Associated Press Publ
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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),