M 5.1 in Japan on 17 Sep 2018 02:32 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 1156850
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 26.7253 , 129.6408
Event Date: 17 Sep 2018 02:32 UTC
17 Sep 2018 11:32 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Sep 2018 02:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000hfp0 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 332 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

Using Non-destructive Testing for Safety of Public BuildingsThu, 20 Sep 2018 19:26:00 +0200.

The use of radiation techniques in non-destructive testing (NDT) during the construction of public buildings, bridges and utility pipelines can significantly minimize the damage caused by natural disasters and save lives, concluded panellis
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Strange and unpredicted behavior behind mysterious California earthqua ... Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:12:00 +0200.

New findings on small earthquakes in California's San Bernardino basin suggest that something strange is going on underground. The , published in Geophysical Research Letters study , looked at deformation patterns for thousands of quakes oc
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3.4-Magnitude Earthquake Hits San Bernardino, California: USGSThu, 20 Sep 2018 15:53:00 +0200.

And on Sept. 19, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake hit near Elmira, California, which is located near San Francisco, according to the ‘Deep Creep’ Under San Jacinto Fault. A new study found that there has been a discovery of unusual behavior deep
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Eighth Pacific Tsunami Drill set for September to November 2018Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0200.

Over 40 countries around the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario from September to November 2018. The purpose of this exercise is to test country tsunami decision-making procedures and communication systems and processes
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),