M 5.2 in Japan from 15 Dec 2017 17:58 UTC to 17:58

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1128784
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 44.84 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.6811 , 142.022
Event Date: 15 Dec 2017 17:58 UTC
16 Dec 2017 02:58 Local
Exposed Population:
870000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2017 18:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c4yj Scaled population (vector) 5.93  
  C1 earthquake 0.73  
  C2 earthquake -0.22  
  Country Vulnerability -0.71  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 482 | About casualties: 92 | Last hour: 0

Terremoto remece isla de Java, confirman una persona muertaSat, 16 Dec 2017 02:28:00 +0100.

Un poderoso terremoto remeció el viernes la capital y otras ciudades de Java, la isla más poblada de Indonesia, y causó derrumbes de edificios y la muerte de por lo menos una persona. El terremoto se registró a las 11:47 de la noche y las a
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Earthquake rattles Indonesia's Java island, 2 deadSat, 16 Dec 2017 02:27:00 +0100.

A strong earthquake shook Indonesia's densely populated Java island on Friday night, killing two people and severely damaging dozens of homes near the epicenter. The quake struck at 11:47 p.m. and was felt across the island, including about
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Earthquake hits Indonesia’s Java island, 1 death confirmedSat, 16 Dec 2017 02:23:00 +0100.

Patients are evacuated outside a hospital following an earthquake in Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. A strong earthquake shook the island of Java just before midnight Friday triggering a tsunami warning for parts
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Deadly 6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes IndonesiaSat, 16 Dec 2017 02:17:00 +0100.

(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — A strong earthquake shook the Indonesian capital Thursday and other cities on the country’s most populous island of Java, killing an unknown number of people amid reports of collapsed buildings. Authorities issued a t
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),