M 5.5 in Japan on 28 Nov 2018 02:23 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 1163538
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.3503 , 143.2677
Event Date: 28 Nov 2018 02:23 UTC
28 Nov 2018 12:23 Local
Exposed Population: About 15000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Nov 2018 02:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hxal Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 183 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Keeping the vigilSat, 01 Dec 2018 20:08:00 +0100.

It is 15 days since Cyclone Gaja made landfall in southern Tamil Nadu, wreaking havoc in six districts of the State. At least 3,000 public health personnel still remain on the ground, organising medical camps, chlorinating water sources, lo
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AP FACT CHECK: 11 Trump climate goofs and 1 correct claimSat, 01 Dec 2018 10:42:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's elemental. President Donald Trump got his facts about earth, water, air and fire wrong as he and his aides spent a week attacking the White House climate report. In interviews and off-the-cuff remarks, public statemen
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AP FACT CHECK: 11 Trump climate goofs and 1 correct claimSat, 01 Dec 2018 10:32:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's elemental. President Donald Trump got his facts about earth, water, air and fire wrong as he and his aides spent a week attacking the White House climate report. In interviews and off-the-cuff remarks, public statemen
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AP FACT CHECK: 11 Trump climate goofs and 1 correct claimSat, 01 Dec 2018 10:15:00 +0100.

"Science is not a belief system," said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd, a past president of the American Meteorological Society. He added that if someone doesn't believe in gravity, "guess what happens if you f
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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),