M 4.9 in Japan on 20 Aug 2019 08:20 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 1187217
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.9985 , 130.1074
Event Date: 20 Aug 2019 08:20 UTC
20 Aug 2019 17:20 Local
Exposed Population:
About 73000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Aug 2019 08:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us600057ck Scaled population (vector) 4.61  
  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: 191 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

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Deducing the scale of tsunamis from the 'roundness' of deposited grave ... Sat, 24 Aug 2019 06:58:00 +0200.

Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University. Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University and Ritsumeikan University have found a link between the "roundness" distribution of tsunami deposits and how far tsunamis reach inland. The
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Earthquake Warning System Market Overview with Detailed Analysis, Comp ... Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:24:00 +0200.

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An Alliance Under Pressure?Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:40:00 +0200.

Forged in the wake of World War II, the U.S.-Japan security alliance is as important as ever to both countries’ interests in Asia. In recent years, a more assertive China, a nuclear-armed North Korea, and other challenges have pushed the al
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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.
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),