M 5.5 in Japan on 29 Oct 2018 01:27 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 1160343
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 91.91 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.6008 , 140.3073
Event Date: 29 Oct 2018 01:27 UTC
29 Oct 2018 10:27 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2018 01:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hiby Scaled population (vector) 0  
  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.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 210 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Pets pose special problems in natural disastersThu, 01 Nov 2018 23:16:00 +0100.

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Cisco : The Top 3 Ways Mobile Phones Can Help Disaster VictimsThu, 01 Nov 2018 22:54:00 +0100.

This post was written by guest blogger Zev Lowe, VP of Growth and Impact at AtmaGo. Globally, disasters and humanitarian crises are on the rise . In the last 10 years, disasters have caused US$1.4 trillion in damage and affected 1.7 billion
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Tsunami drill in capital cityThu, 01 Nov 2018 05:31:00 +0100.

Employees of the government ministries including a few UN agencies who participated in the tsunami drill organized by the National Disaster Management Office in Suva yesterday. Picture: JOVESA NAISUA. THE increase in seismic activity along
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World: World Cities Day: Addressing internal displacement is key to ac ... Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:33:00 +0100.

Urban sustainability is a key objective in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development , set by world leaders in 2015 to end poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change. Yet, it cannot be achieved if national and local governments
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),