M 6.9 in Japan on 02 Feb 2013 14:17 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 122279
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 103.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.8116 , 143.078
Event Date: 02 Feb 2013 14:17 UTC
02 Feb 2013 23:17 Local
Exposed Population:
448375 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Feb 2013 14:35 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC -0.1 0 0.5
usc000f03a Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  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: 1814 | About casualties: 106 | Last hour: 0

Por lo menos cinco muertos y tres heridos tras violento sismo en islas ... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:12:00 +0100.

HONIARA, 06 Feb 2013 (AFP) - Por lo menos cinco personas murieron y otras tres resultaron heridas según fuentes de los hospitales, a causa de un violento sismo de 8,0 grados de magnitud que sacudió el miércoles a las Islas Salomón y generó
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Quake off Solomon Islands triggers deadly tsunamiWed, 06 Feb 2013 14:08:00 +0100.

BBC: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Homes were damaged and at least five people have been reported dead after a tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake hit the Solomon Islands. Major quake strikes off Japan, sets off small tsunami Magnitud
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Video: Eye Opener: FBI says Ala. bunker was wired to explodeWed, 06 Feb 2013 14:07:00 +0100.

The FBI said the underground bunker involve in the Alabama hostage crisis was wired to explode. Also, big cuts planned for the U.S. Postal Service. Finally, an earthquake and tsunami rock the South Pacific. All that, and all that matters, i
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Tsunami im Südpazifik reißt Dörfer fortWed, 06 Feb 2013 14:07:00 +0100.

Manila (dpa) - Angst vor tödlichen Wellen hat nach einem schweren Erdbeben und Tsunami im Südpazifik Panik verursacht und tausende Menschen aus ihren Häusern getrieben. Die schnelle Flucht auf umliegende Hügel dürfte vielen auf der Salomone
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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 (81), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),