M 4.9 in Japan on 03 Jul 2020 05:12 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 1224915
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 49.79 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.5387 , 141.6041
Event Date: 03 Jul 2020 05:12 UTC
03 Jul 2020 14:12 Local
Exposed Population:
1170000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Jul 2020 05:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ah41 Scaled population (vector) 5.23  
  C1 earthquake 0.73  
  C2 earthquake -0.22  
  Country Vulnerability -0.71  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 201 | About casualties: 33 | Last hour: 0

USS McCambell Departs Yokosuka, Celebrates Success while Forward-Deplo ... Tue, 07 Jul 2020 03:20:00 +0200.

Navy News Service. Story Number: NNS200704-01 Release Date: 7/4/2020 7:50:00 PM. By Lieutenant Junior Grade Lauren Larar, USS McCampbell Public Affairs Officer. PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- USS McCampbell (DDG 85) departed Fleet Activities Yokosu
...(more)
Japan's newly launched bullet train can operate during an earthquakeTue, 07 Jul 2020 00:36:00 +0200.

A brand-new bullet train has entered service in Japan, and not only is it a record-breaker, but it can also operate during an earthquake. The NZ700S is the first new shinkansen by the Central Japan Railway (JR Central) in 13 years. Operatin
...(more)
Death toll rises to 40 in Japan as more areas brace for heavy rain, fl ... Mon, 06 Jul 2020 23:21:00 +0200.

The death toll from three days of heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan rose to 40 on Monday, including 14 who drowned at a riverside nursing home, as rescuers searched for 10 missing people and rain threatened wider areas of the main i
...(more)
Death toll rises to 40 in Japan as more areas brace for heavy rain, fl ... Mon, 06 Jul 2020 23:00:00 +0200.

The death toll from three days of heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan rose to 40 on Monday, including 14 who drowned at a riverside nursing home, as rescuers searched for 10 missing people and rain threatened wider areas of the main i
...(more)

View more news

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),