M 5.2 in Japan on 01 Oct 2012 18:40 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 119998
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 6.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.959 , 141.059
Event Date: 01 Oct 2012 18:40 UTC
02 Oct 2012 03:40 Local
Exposed Population:
2820000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2012 19:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000cyzp Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 395 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Guimarães põe José Carreras a cantar com vítimas do tsunami do JapãoFri, 05 Oct 2012 17:23:00 +0200.

Quando se ouvirem os primeiros acordes da canção tradicional “Furusato”, 85 jovens japoneses viverão um momento feliz. Eles fazem parte de um grupo coral que vai cantar, na noite deste sábado, com José Carreras num concerto em Guimarães. E
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UK, the United States and Japan are the most sceptical of mankind's ro ... Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:23:00 +0200.

A recent online poll found the percentage of people who believe global warming is happening is consistently high across the world, but belief that man is to blame is much lower, with the US, Britain and Japan being the most sceptical.
PC-Aufbauspiel: Neues Add-on für "Anno 2070" ist was für ProfisFri, 05 Oct 2012 12:17:00 +0200.

Eine neue Fraktion, frische Gebäude und Produktionsketten: Die "Anno"-Macher bringen mit "Die Tiefsee" mehr Komplexität in die Serie. Das ist ein Fest für Aufbau-Tüftler – überfordert aber Einsteiger.
La superación ante tsunami, en 'Lo imposible'Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:42:00 +0200.

El último trabajo de Juan José Bayona, que llega a los cines el 11 de octubre, muestra la capacidad del ser humano para salir adelante tras una catástrofe

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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),