M 4.7 in Japan on 26 May 2018 14:01 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 1144218
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 51.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.871 , 141.7245
Event Date: 26 May 2018 14:01 UTC
26 May 2018 23:01 Local
Exposed Population:
1950000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 May 2018 19:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000ecq2 Scaled population (vector) 5.43  
  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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 115 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Bob Jones on the engineering behind his timber tower plansMon, 28 May 2018 02:09:00 +0200.

This country's tallest wooden office block will have revolutionary design aspects including a rooftop device to protect the block during earthquakes, its developer says. Sir Bob Jones, chairman of Robt. Jones Holdings, said all approvals ha
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9:09 Sismo de magnitud 5,1 en la escala de Richter sacude JapónFri, 25 May 2018 15:40:00 +0200.

Tokio, 25 may (PL) Un sismo de magnitud 5,1 en la escala de Richter sacudió hoy la prefectura de Nagano, al centro de Japón, sin reportarse daños materiales ni víctimas mortales. El movimiento telúrico ocurrió a las 21:13, hora local, con
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Sustainability, Vol. 10, Pages 1717: Characteristics of Corporate Cont ... Thu, 24 May 2018 13:45:00 +0200.

Abstract Municipalities in areas along the northeast coast of Japan were severely affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. It was difficult for these municipalities to provide support to all devastated areas. It is important for communi
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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),