M 6.1 in Japan on 28 Aug 2019 23:46 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 1187974
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 17.16 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.0739 , 142.9911
Event Date: 28 Aug 2019 23:46 UTC
29 Aug 2019 09:46 Local
Exposed Population: About 700 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Aug 2019 01:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us700059ee Scaled population (raster) 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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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: 8 | Last hour: 0

Japan holds drill for assumed 7.3-magnitude earthquake on Disaster Pre ... Sun, 01 Sep 2019 15:57:00 +0200.

TOKYO, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Japanese authorities held a drill to prepare for a mega earthquake striking the Tokyo metropolitan area for the National Disaster Prevention Day on Sunday, based on the assumption that a 7.3-magnitude quake hit th
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Japan conducts emergency drills in preparation for the huge quake pred ... Sun, 01 Sep 2019 10:49:00 +0200.

The government conducted full-scale drills on Sunday — the official Disaster Prevention Day — in preparation for a powerful earthquake that is predicted to occur directly under the Tokyo metropolitan area. The drills were carried out under
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Haiti In Move for Visa Free Travel to RussiaSat, 31 Aug 2019 13:19:00 +0200.

Haiti’s Foreign Minister Edmond Bocchit has announced that a memorandum of understanding is in the works with Russia that would allow Haitians to visit the Kremlin and Russian citizens to visit Haiti visa-free. The upcoming signing of the v
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Vanuatu: Vanuatu: Ambrym Volcano & Earthquake - Emergency Plan of Acti ... Sat, 31 Aug 2019 12:46:00 +0200.

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS. Description of the disaster. The Malampa province in the archipelago of Vanuatu has a volcanic island Ambrym consists of a population of approximately 7,286 people according to the census of 2016. The volcanic major u
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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),