M 5.7 in Japan on 25 Mar 2018 14:37 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 1138492
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 50.73 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.5997 , 140.6467
Event Date: 25 Mar 2018 14:37 UTC
25 Mar 2018 23:37 Local
Exposed Population: About 8000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Mar 2018 16:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000d8vk Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  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: 281 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

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Ho Chi Minh-Ville (VNA) - Selon le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (UNDP), plus de 1.400 élèves de l'école secondaire de Binh Dong, à Ho Chi Minh-Ville, viennent de participer à des exercices d'évacuation d'urgence en cas
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State tsunami map predicts where 60-foot tall wave will hit following ... Thu, 29 Mar 2018 04:11:00 +0200.

If a 9.0 earthquake were to strike the Washington coast residents would have 15 to 20 minutes to prepare for a 60-foot-tall wave to hit Long Beach, Westport, Ocean Shores and other coastal communities. That's according to a newly published
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Iseng Gunting Rambut Wanita di Stasiun, Pria Jepang DitangkapWed, 28 Mar 2018 23:09:00 +0200.

Nagoya - Polisi Jepang menangkap seorang pria bernama Tomomi Matsunaga (48) asal Aichi yang iseng menggunting rambut seorang wanita di Stasiun Nagoya. Korban sedang menunggu kereta di peron saat insiden ini terjadi. Dikutip dari Japan Today
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Nissan, Sumitomo Corp. y 4R instalan Planta para reciclar baterías de ... Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:08:00 +0200.

La primera planta de Japón que se especializará en la reutilización y reciclaje de baterías de ion de litio a partir de vehículos eléctricos se encuentra lista para iniciar operaciones en medio de la creciente demanda de automóviles eléctri
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),