M 4.7 in Japan on 18 Sep 2018 16:54 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 1157019
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 9.51 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.7346 , 141.9243
Event Date: 18 Sep 2018 16:54 UTC
19 Sep 2018 01:54 Local
Exposed Population:
About 46000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2018 18:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000hgfj Scaled population (vector) 3.66  
  C1 earthquake 0.73  
  C2 earthquake -0.22  
  Country Vulnerability -0.71  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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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: 313 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Estas cosas seguro no te las contaronSat, 22 Sep 2018 07:33:00 +0200.

Sabías que en Japón las personas son contratadas para empujar a los pasajeros del Metro? Planetacurioso.com te muestra estos y más detalles que quizás no te imaginabas. (PT) ‘Empujador’ de Metro Sabías que en Japón las personas son contrata
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Taiwan’s UN-certified search-and-rescue dogs a rarity in Asia, firefig ... Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:55:00 +0200.

Seven search-and-rescue dogs in Taiwan are UN-certified, the National Fire Agency’s Special Search and Rescue Team said yesterday as it took part in an annual drill held to mark National Disaster Prevention Day. Taiwan has about 30 search-a
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World: Eighth Pacific Tsunami Drill set for September to November 2018Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:56:00 +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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Insurance body says settlements over June’s Osaka earthquake have topp ... Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:50:00 +0200.

Insurance payments to individuals affected by the powerful earthquake that hit northern Osaka Prefecture in June had reached ¥86.6 billion as of Sept. 12, the General Insurance Association of Japan said Thursday. The figure exceeded the ¥78
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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),