M 4.5 in Japan on 17 Jul 2020 04:49 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 1226668
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 50.38 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.5335 , 141.7454
Event Date: 17 Jul 2020 04:49 UTC
17 Jul 2020 13:49 Local
Exposed Population:
480000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2020 05:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000aq5d Scaled population (vector) 4.89  
  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
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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: 34 | Last hour: 0

Book on earthquake resistance of historical structures hits storesMon, 20 Jul 2020 20:26:00 +0200.

TEHRAN – A book containing 13 scientific papers on earthquake resistance of historical structures has recently been published, introducing ways to maximize the protection of potentially vulnerable structures. Compiled by Iranian researcher
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Kisumu City gallery, Kenya's 3rd citySat, 18 Jul 2020 22:25:00 +0200.

It will be hard geographically because Kisumu like entebbe and mwanza lie on significant seismic fault lines within lake victoria basin. This has led to earthquakes in Uganda and Tanzania that could be felt in Kisumu. In 2016 a magnitude 5.
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Books: Five new books to read in lockdown this weekSat, 18 Jul 2020 16:29:00 +0200.

If you're a fan of Louise Candlish, you'll soon be adding The Other Passenger to your favourites list - and if you're not already a fan, you soon will be. Set around an unusual commute, The Other Passenger explores the complexities of money
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Reporter - Haruo Obata, Super Volunteer 18.07.2020 | 12:36 mins. 80-ye ... Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:22:00 +0200.

Haruo Obata had gone into retirement just before the tsunami hit. After the disaster, he spent over a year living in his car and helping out where he was needed most. His marriage didn't survive his commitment, but Haruo Obata is still happ
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),