M 4.8 in Japan on 04 Apr 2020 03:55 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 1212774
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 77.09 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.633 , 129.2715
Event Date: 04 Apr 2020 03:55 UTC
04 Apr 2020 12:55 Local
Exposed Population:
About 84000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Apr 2020 04:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70008nc1 Scaled population (vector) 5.08  
  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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 187 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Japan declares month-long state of emergency over coronavirusWed, 08 Apr 2020 00:45:00 +0200.

TOKYO : Japan yesterday declared a month-long state of emergency over a spike in coronavirus cases, ramping up efforts to contain infections but stopping short of the strict lockdowns seen in other parts of the world. The government has com
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China sees no Covid-19 deaths for first timeTue, 07 Apr 2020 20:14:00 +0200.

Mainland China yesterday reported no coronavirus deaths for the first time since the pandemic began, and a drop in new cases, a day before the central city of Wuhan, where the virus emerged late in December, is set to lift its lockdown. Jap
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Virus Outbreak: Japan declares a state of emergency over COVID-19Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:12:00 +0200.

Japan yesterday declared a month-long state of emergency over a spike in COVID-19 cases, ramping up efforts to contain infections, but stopping short of the strict lockdowns seen in other parts of the world. The government has come under mo
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South Korea donates rice to PHLTue, 07 Apr 2020 18:16:00 +0200.

THE South Korean government recently donated 950 metric tons (MT) of rice to the Philippines for distribution to those affected by natural disasters and calamities last year. Beneficiaries include flood victims in Cagayan Valley and earthqu
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),